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The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov

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In his novel based on the extraordinary life of the brother of Vladimir Nabokov, Paul Russell re-creates the rich and changing world in which Sergey, his family and friends lived; from wealth and position in pre-revolutionary Russia to the halls of Cambridge University and the Parisian salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. But it is the honesty and vulnerability of Sergey, our young gay narrator, that hook the reader: his stuttering childhood in the shadow of his brilliant brother, his opium-fueled evenings with Cocteau, his troubled love life on the margins of the Ballets Russes and its legendary cast, and his isolation in war-torn Berlin.

A meticulously researched novel, featuring an extraordinary cast of characters (including Picasso, Diaghilev, Stravinsky, Magnus Hirschfield, and of course the master himself, Vladimir Nabokov), this is ultimately the story of a beautiful and vulnerable boy growing into an enlightened and courageous man.

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Publisher: Cleis Press
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  • Release date: November 8, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781573447324
  • Release date: November 8, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781573447324
  • File size: 492 KB
  • Release date: November 8, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781573447324
  • File size: 1739 KB
  • Release date: November 8, 2011

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In his novel based on the extraordinary life of the brother of Vladimir Nabokov, Paul Russell re-creates the rich and changing world in which Sergey, his family and friends lived; from wealth and position in pre-revolutionary Russia to the halls of Cambridge University and the Parisian salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. But it is the honesty and vulnerability of Sergey, our young gay narrator, that hook the reader: his stuttering childhood in the shadow of his brilliant brother, his opium-fueled evenings with Cocteau, his troubled love life on the margins of the Ballets Russes and its legendary cast, and his isolation in war-torn Berlin.

A meticulously researched novel, featuring an extraordinary cast of characters (including Picasso, Diaghilev, Stravinsky, Magnus Hirschfield, and of course the master himself, Vladimir Nabokov), this is ultimately the story of a beautiful and vulnerable boy growing into an enlightened and courageous man.

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    Publisher:
    Cleis Press

    Awards:

    Kindle Book
    Release date: November 8, 2011

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781573447324
    Release date: November 8, 2011

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781573447324
    File size: 492 KB
    Release date: November 8, 2011

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781573447324
    File size: 1739 KB
    Release date: November 8, 2011

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    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
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