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  Fiction/Literature/978-0-679-72722-4

  PALE FIRE

  Pale Fire offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures: a 999-line poem by the reclusive genius John Shade; an adoring foreward and commentary by Shade's self-styled Boswell, Dr. Charles Kinbote; a darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one-upmanship, and political intrigue.

  Fiction/Literature/978-0-679-72342-4

  PNIN

  Pnin is a professor of Russian at an American college who takes the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he cannot master. Pnin is the focal point of subtle academic conspiracies he cannot begin to comprehend, yet he stages a faculty party to end all faculty parties forever.

  Fiction/Literature/978-0-679-72341-7

  THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT

  Many knew of Sebastian Knight, distinguished novelist, but few knew of the two love affairs that so profoundly influenced his career. After Knight's death, his half brother sets out to penetrate the enigma of his life, starting with clues found in the novelist's private papers.

  Fiction/Literature/978-0-679-72726-2

  SPEAK, MEMORY

  Speak, Memory is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov's life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works.

  Autobiography/Literature/978-0-679-72339-4

  ALSO AVAILABLE

  The Annotated Lolita, 978-0-679-72729-3

  Laughter in the Dark, 978-0-679-72450-6

  Lolita: A Screenplay, 978-0-679-77255-2

  Mary, 978-0-679-72620-3

  The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov, 978-0-679-72997-6

  Strong Opinions, 978-0-679-72609-8

  Transparent Things, 978-0-679-72541-1

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  A PUBLISHING EVENT

  The final, unfinished novel from

  Vladimir Nabokov

  The Original of Laura

  After years of controversy surrounding the fate of Nabokov's final manuscript, Knopf will publish the last work by one of the 20th century's acknowledged masters of literature. An essential part of Nabokov's oeuvre, The Original of Laura blurs the line between the author's life and fiction. This edition, uniquely designed by Chip Kidd, includes facsimiles of the 138 note cards on which it was written.

  Available November 2009 in hardcover from Knopf

  $35.00 304 pages 978-0-307-27189-1

  Please visit www.aaknopf.com