{"product_id":"vladimir-nabokov-vladimir-nabokov-9780307593351","title":"Selected Poems of Vladimir Nabokov","description":"\u003cb\u003eThough we know Vladimir Nabokov as a brilliant novelist, his first love was poetry. This landmark collection brings together the best of his verse, including many pieces that have never before appeared in English.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese poems span the whole of Nabokov's career, from the newly discovered \"Music,\" written in 1914, to the short, playful \"To V駻a,\" composed in 1974. Many are newly translated by Dmitri Nabokov, including \u003ci\u003eThe University Poem\u003c\/i\u003e, a sparkling novel in verse modeled on Pushkin's \u003ci\u003eEugene Onegin \u003c\/i\u003ethat constitutes a significant new addition to Nabokov's oeuvre. Included too are such poems as \"Lilith\", an early work which broaches the taboo theme revisited nearly forty years later in \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"An Evening of Russian Poetry\", a masterpiece in which Nabokov movingly mourns his lost language in the guise of a versified lecture on Russian delivered to college girls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe subjects range from the Russian Revolution to the American refrigerator, taking in on the way motel rooms, butterflies, ice-skating, love, desire, exile, loneliness, language, and poetry itself\u003cb\u003e; \u003c\/b\u003eand the poet whirls swiftly between the brilliantly painted facets of his genius, wearing masks that are, by turns, tender, demonic, sincere, self-parodying, shamanic, visionary, and ingeniously domestic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vladimir Nabokov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307593355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307593351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 7.35w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/22\/2012 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/29\/2012 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/05\/2012 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2013 pg. 35","brand":"Vladimir Nabokov","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946416472319,"sku":"9780307593351","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6149e07b-871d-4324-af83-28edca70090d.jpg?v=1681513023","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vladimir-nabokov-vladimir-nabokov-9780307593351","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}