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The albums title, a heraldic term, is taken from vladimir nabokovs 1947 novel of the same name. The albums title, a heraldic term, is taken from vladimir nabokov s 1947 novel of the same name. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Bend sinister is a dystopian novel written by vladimir nabokov during the years 1945 and 1946, and published by henry holt and company in 1947.
Bend sinister is a very great novel, not just because it opens the gate to nabokovs literary estate, but in its own right. The first novel nabokov wrote while living in america and the most overtly political novel he ever wrote, bend sinister is a modern classic. Bend sinister vintage international kindle edition by vladimir. Significant quotes in vladimir nabokovs bend sinister with explanations. Like one of his later russianlanguage novels, invitation to a beheading, it is explicitly political, in a way generally foreign to nabokov. Bend sinister was released in june 1986 by beggars banquet. The first novel nabokov wrote while living in america, and the most overtly political novel he ever wrote, bend sinister is a modern classic.
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