Publication

1965 - Phaedra, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

28,500 words, Guess

Page Count

114 pages

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Description

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 emigre living in prewar Berlin, who commits suicide after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indignities in the afterlife.

Subjects

Topics

FictionRussiansRussian fictionSlavic philologyForeign countriesConflicts - fictionMotivations - fiction

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