Laughter In The Dark Vladimir Nabokov New Directions Publishing Corporation Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

\ Once Upon A Time There Lived In Berlin Germany Man Called Albinus He Was Rich Respectable Happy One Day Abandoned His Wife For The Sake Of Youthful Mistress Loved Not And Life Ended Disaster Thus Begins Vladimir Nabokov\ S Laughter Dark This Author Tells Us Is Whole Story—Except That Starts From Here With Characteristic Dazzling Skill Irony Brilliantly Turns Fable Into Chilling Original Novel Folly Destruction Amidst Weimar-Era Milieu Silent Film Stars Artists Aspirants Nabokov Creates Merciless Masterpiece As An Aging Critic Falls Prey To Own Desires Teenage Axel Rex Scheming Rival Her Affections Who Finds Greatest Joy Downfall Others Published First Russian Kamera Obskura 1932 Book Appeared English Translation Six Years Later New Directions Edition Based On Text Revised It 1960 Features Introduction By Booker Prize-Winner John Banville Σελίδες: 308 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0108 Διαστάσεις: 13 2X13 2Cm