The Eye
Nabokov's fourth novel, The Eye is as much a farcical detective story as it is a profoundly refractive tale about the vicissitudes of identities and appearances. Nabokov's protagonist, Smurov, is a lovelorn, excruciatingly self-conscious Russian émigré living in prewar Berlin, who commits suicide...
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Nabokov's fourth novel, The Eye is as much a farcical detective story as it is a profoundly refractive tale about the vicissitudes of identities and appearances. Nabokov's protagonist, Smurov, is a lovelorn, excruciatingly self-conscious Russian émigré living in prewar Berlin, who commits suicide after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indignities in the afterlife.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679727231 (067972723X)
Publish date: September 5th 1990
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
American,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Germany
The Eye NabokovTranslated from the RussianShortie at 104 pagesFraudioSlavicSummer 2013TBR Busting 2013theosophy> conspiracy theories> cults/brotherhood>Performed (nasally) by Fred StellarFrom Wiki: The Eye (Russian: Соглядатай, Sogliadatai, literally 'voyeur' or 'peeper'), written in 1930, is Vladim...
This was more like a Henry James than Nabokov, and it was more like a long story than a novel. The ending wasn't a surprise, but that was kind of nice. Some kick-ass Nabokov sentences.
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