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  The Original of Laura: (Dying is Fun) a Novel in Fragments (Hardback) By (author) Vladimir Nabokov, Introduction by Dmitri Nabokov

  

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  Short Description for The Original of LauraA novel about a wonderfully large man called Philip Wild, married to a very promiscuous woman, and whose meditations concern the nature of death.
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Published: 17 November 2009
  • Format: Hardback 304 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780141191157 ISBN 10: 0141191155
  • Sales rank: 5,377

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• This legendary novel has been the source of much anxiety and contention for Nabokov's fans - and family. The late Vladimir Nabokov requested that this unfinished work be destroyed, but his son, Dmitri, did not oblige, although neither did he allow the work to be published - until now. "The Original of Laura" is about a wonderfully large man called Philip Wild, married to a very promiscuous woman, and whose meditations concern the nature of death. The novel was complete in Nabokov's mind, though he died before he could translate his vision on to paper. It is hard, however, to imagine any scholars, Nabokov enthusiasts or literature lovers being disappointed by even these fragments.