"A Draft from the Past" (1972) — the next Swiss novel by Vladimir Nabokov after "Ada", in which the sensitivity of consciousness and the responsiveness of the soul become, without exaggeration, questions of life and death. The tragic love story of...
the book's hero, Hugh Person, the assistant editor at a major American publishing house, intertwines with the writing and personal circumstances of his colorful client Mr. R. and brings the reader closer than ever to Nabokov's "main theme". The novel, originally titled according to the authorized version of the Russian title, is published in a new translation and accompanied by an afterword, comments, and additional materials illuminating its conception.
"A Draft from the Past" (1972) — the next Swiss novel by Vladimir Nabokov after "Ada", in which the sensitivity of consciousness and the responsiveness of the soul become, without exaggeration, questions of life and death. The tragic love story of the book's hero, Hugh Person, the assistant editor at a major American publishing house, intertwines with the writing and personal circumstances of his colorful client Mr. R. and brings the reader closer than ever to Nabokov's "main theme". The novel, originally titled according to the authorized version of the Russian title, is published in a new translation and accompanied by an afterword, comments, and additional materials illuminating its conception.
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