Bend Sinister
| Title | Bend Sinister |
| Year for Search | 1947 |
| Authors | Nabokov, Vladimir [Vladimirovich](1899-1977) |
| Date Published | 1947 |
| Publisher | Henry Holt |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, Russian author, US author |
| Annotation | Novel set in an authoritarian dystopia. In the "Introduction" Nabokov insists that the dystopian setting is incidental to the novel which is concerned with the relationship between a father and son. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: Time, Inc. 1964 with a new Introduction" by Nabokov. Rpt. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. U.K. ed. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960. Rpt. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books, 1974 with the "Introduction" (5-11); and in his Novels and Memoirs, 1941-1951 (New York: Library of America, 1996), 161-358, with the "Introduction from the 1964 ed. (163-69) and "Notes on the Text" (680-95). |
| Holding Institutions | DLC, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (1899-1977) was born and raised in Russia, educated in England, lived in France and Germany between the wars, and moved to the U. S. in 1940. |
| Full Text | 1947 Nabokov, Vladimir [Vladimirovich] (1899-1977). Bend Sinister. New York: Henry Holt. Rpt. New York: Time, Inc. 1964 with a new Introduction” by Nabokov. Rpt. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. U.K. ed. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960. Rpt. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books, 1974 with the “Introduction” (5-11); and in his Novels and Memoirs, 1941-1951 (New York: Library of America, 1996), 161-358, with the “Introduction from the 1964 ed. (163-69) and “Notes on the Text” (680-95). DLC, PSt Novel set in an authoritarian dystopia. In the “Introduction” Nabokov insists that the dystopian setting is incidental to the novel which is concerned with the relationship between a father and son. The author was born and raised in Russia, educated in England, lived in France and Germany between the wars, and moved to the U. S. in 1940. |
