"Whose novel ""The Original of Laura"" has finally been published 32 years after his death?"
The Original of Laura The Original of Laura The Original of Laura is an incomplete novel by Vladimir Nabokov, which he was writing at the time of his death in 1977. It was finally published, after 30 years of private debate, on November 17, 2009. Nabokov had requested that the work be destroyed upon his death, but his family hesitated to carry out his wish to destroy an incomplete but perhaps important literary work. Over the next years its contents were viewed only by Nabokov's son, wife, and a few scholars. In April 2008, Nabokov's son Dmitri Nabokov announced plans to publish the work,
The Original of Laura concluded, "The last card of "The Original of Laura" is a poignant list of synonyms for 'efface'—expunge, erase, delete, rub out, wipe out, obliterate ... it is a pity that his instructions were ignored and the novel survived in such a form. English professors may assign "The Original of Laura" to their students someday, but it is really better suited to a college ethics class." He was not the only reviewer to suggest that the fragments should not have been published or should not be read. However, a reviewer in "New York Magazine" was glad to have the book; he