A farcical detective story and a profoundly refractive tale about a Russian ?migr? living in prewar Berlin who commits suicide after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indiginities in the afterlife. – A wonderfully layered exploration of the vicissitudes of identity, appearance, and the loss of self.
Smurov, a lovelorn and excruciatingly self-conscious Russian tutor, shoots himself after a beating by his mistress’ husband. Unsure whether his suicide has been successful or not, Smurov drifts around Berlin, observing his acquaintances, but finds he can discover very little about his own life from the opinions of his distracted, confused fellow-?migr?s.Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/05/1990
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780679727231
Language: English
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