Bend Sinister
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date: 2012-03-01
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 192 pages
ISBN 13: 0718192834
ISBN 10: 9780718192839
Format: PDF, ePUB, MOBI, Audiobooks, Kindle
Synopsis : Bend Sinister written by Vladimir Nabokov, published by Penguin UK which was released on 2012-03-01. Download Bend Sinister Books now! Available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. The term 'bend sinister' means a heraldic bar or band drawn from the left side (and popularly, but incorrectly, supposed to denote bastardy). This choice of title was an attempt to suggest an outline broken by refraction, a distortion ... -- The state has been recently taken over and is being run by the tyrannical and philistine 'Average Man' party. Under the slogans of equality and happiness for all, it has done away with individualism and freedom of thought. Only John Krug, a brilliant philosopher, stands up to the regime. His antagonist, the leader of the new party, is his old school enemy, Paduk - known as the 'Toad'. Grieving over his wife's recent death, Krug is at first dismissive of Paduk's activities and sees no threat in them. But the sinister machine which Paduk has set in motion may prove stronger than the individual, stronger even than the grotesque 'Toad' himself.