{"product_id":"collected-poems-by-vladimir-nabokov-9780141192260","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA landmark collection of verse from one of the twentieth century's supreme writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese masterly poems span the decades of Nabokov's career, from \u003cem\u003eMusic\u003c\/em\u003e, written in 1914, to the short, playful \u003cem\u003eTo Vera\u003c\/em\u003e, composed in 1974. \u003cem\u003eThe University Poem\u003c\/em\u003e, one of Nabokov's major poetic works, is here in English for the first time. This extraordinary autobiographical poem looks back at his time at Cambridge, with its dinners, girls, and memories, and it is suffused with rich description, wit, and verbal dexterity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded too are the surreally comic \u003cem\u003eA Literary Dinner\u003c\/em\u003e, the enchanting \u003cem\u003eEve\u003c\/em\u003e, the wryly humorous \u003cem\u003eAn Evening of Russian Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, and a meditation on the act of creation, \u003cem\u003eTolstoy\u003c\/em\u003e. As well as verse on diverse themes such as America, lepidoptery, sport, love, and Nabokov's Russian homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249873539308,"sku":"9780141192260","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141192260.jpg?v=1741522569","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/collected-poems-by-vladimir-nabokov-9780141192260","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}