by Vladimir Nabokov · Lgf - Livre De Poche · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253033172
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«Ada, ou, L'ardeur» is the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, published by LGF - Livre de Poche in paperback (706 pages, in French).
The novel is a family chronicle that follows the love between cousins Ada and Van Veen throughout their lives, in an alternative world called Antiterra, a distorted reflection of reality. Amid memories, literary games and digressions, Nabokov explores memory, the passage of time and the nature of desire, with elaborate prose full of allusions.
The original title is Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, published in 1969. This French edition from 1977 includes the translation by Gilles Chahine.
For readers of literary fiction and admirers of Nabokov seeking a demanding novel, with mirror games and alternative worlds.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist.
