The Eye

by Vladimir Nabokov

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067972723X
• ISBN13: 9780679727231
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"