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. It was Nabokov's eleventh novel and his second written in English.
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
- United States
- 1947
- English
If Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov were as much known as 1984 by Orwell, it would have also been banned nowadays. The book explores the beginning of a totalitarian regime (any totalitarian regime) when prosecutors and victims act in darkness, unaware of where they are heading.
Bend Sinister, novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1947. It is the second novel that the Russian-born author wrote in English. It tells the story of Adam Krug, a philosopher who disregards his country’s totalitarian regime until his son David is killed by the forces he has attempted to ignore.
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16 de feb. de 2011 · The first novel Nabokov wrote while living in America and the most overtly political novel he ever wrote, Bend Sinister is a modern classic. While it is filled with veiled puns and...
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011
- 0307787885, 9780307787880
- Bend SinisterVintage International
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The first novel Nabokov wrote while living in America and the most overtly political novel he ever wrote, Bend Sinister is a modern classic. While it is filled with veiled puns and characteristically delightful wordplay, it is, first and foremost, a haunting and com- pelling narrative about a civilized man and his child caught up in the tyranny ...
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Only John Krug, a brilliant philosopher, stands up to the regime. His antagonist, the leader of the new party, is his old school enemy, Paduk - known as the 'Toad'. Grieving over his wife's recent death, Krug is at first dismissive of Paduk's activities and sees no threat in them.
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