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Book Review By Deidre Woollard
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov

The unnamed narrator seeks to unravel the life of the mysterious writer Sebastian Knight, who was also working on a biography on another unnamed writer. This book layers the different stories of Sebastian's life, his loves, and the search for the truth by the narrator and another biographer of Sebastian Knight. The reader is never sure who is telling the story or what is real and what is fiction.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Life of a profession:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Baltic States

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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