The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov
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    Oct-2011
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  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    320
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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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    • First Edition
    • Oct-2011
    • Cleis Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1573447196
    • ISBN13: 9781573447195
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    • Jun-2010
    • Alyson Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 159350165X
    • ISBN13: 9781593501655
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    • Nov-2011
    • Cleis Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1573447323
    • ISBN13: 9781573447324
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    • Nov-2011
    • Cleis Press
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Nov-2011
    • Cleis Press
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • May-2016
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1522607455
    • ISBN13: 9781522607458
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    • Nov-2019
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1978667981
    • ISBN13: 9781978667983



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