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Maybe the only thing that hints at a sense of Time is rhythm; not the recurrent beats of the rhythm but the gap between two such beats, the gray gap between black beats: the Tender Interval.
Ada or Ardor is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov. Released in 1969, it tells of a sibling romance on a greatly altered world.
Characters[]
- Ada - the titular character of the novel
- Van Veen - Ada's lover, third cousin, and sibling
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Publisher's summary[]
'A great work of art, radiant and rapturous, affirming the power of love and imagination' The New York Times Book Review
Ada or Ardor is a romance that follows Ada from her first childhood meeting with Van Veen on his uncle's country estate, in a 'dream-bright' America, through eighty years of rapture, as they cross continents, are continually parted and reunited, come to learn the strange truth about their singular relationship and, decades later, put their extraordinary experiences into words.
Written in mischievous and magically flowing prose, Nabokov's longest, richest novel is a love story, but also a fairy tale, a historical parody, an erotic satire, an exploration of the passing of time and a supreme work of the imagination.
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ambidextrous Universe | Martin Gardner | 1964 | A book which inspired small parts of this novel |
| René | François-René de Chateaubriand | 1802 | A novella with a somewhat similar romance |
| The Man in the High Castle | Philip K. Dick | 1962 | A postmodernist alternate history novel released around the same time |
Sources[]
- Wikipedia
| Works of Vladimir Nabokov | ||
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Novels written in Russian | ||