Nabokov’s last work not turning to ashes after all
By Dave
April 23rd, 2008 | Leave a comment
The long-kept last manuscript by Vladimir Nabokov will be published, years after he instructed his son to burn the work. (He died in 1977)
Dmitri Nabokov wrestled with the dilemma: obey his father’s dying wish to burn “The Original of Laura” and deny the literary world one last book by one of the 20th century’s greatest writers, or let the book see the light of day.
He said he father came him in a vision “and said, with an ironic grin, ‘You’re stuck in a right old mess – just go ahead and publish!’”
The son, 73, waited more than 30 years to make the call.
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