Look at the Harlequins! by Vladimir Nabokov, Erroll McDonald

Look at the Harlequins!

Vladimir Nabokov, Erroll McDonald

272 pages first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics funny slow-paced

Description

A dying man cautiously unravels the mysteries of memory and creation. Vadim is a Russian emigre who, like Nabokov, is a novelist, poet and critic. There are threads linking the fictional hero with his creator as he reconstructs the images of his p...

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Moods

challenging 50%
reflective 50%

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medium 100%

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