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portada laughter in the dark
Type
Physical Book
Introduction by
Language
English
Pages
308
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.5 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
Weight
0.30 kg.
ISBN
0811216748
ISBN13
9780811216746

laughter in the dark

Vladimir Nabokov (Author) · John Banville (Introduction by) · New Directions Publishing Corporation · Paperback

laughter in the dark - Vladimir Nabokov

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Synopsis "laughter in the dark"

Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; he loved; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster. Thus begins Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark; this, the author tells us, is the whole story--except that he starts from here, with his characteristic dazzling skill and irony, and brilliantly turns a fable into a chilling, original novel of folly and destruction. Amidst a Weimar-era milieu of silent film stars, artists, and aspirants, Nabokov creates a merciless masterpiece as Albinus, an aging critic, falls prey to his own desires, to his teenage mistress, and to Axel Rex, the scheming rival for her affections who finds his greatest joy in the downfall of others. Published first in Russian as Kamera Obskura in 1932, this book appeared in Nabokov's own English translation six years later. This New Directions edition, based on the text as Nabokov revised it in 1960, features a new introduction by Booker Prize-winner John Banville.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Vladimir Nabokov nació en San Petersburgo en el seno de una familia de la aristocracia en 1899, pero su trayectoria familiar primero, y luego sus inquietudes personales, lo llevaron a Alemania, Inglaterra, Francia y Estados Unidos, donde inició una brillante carrera como poeta, novelista, crítico y traductor, a la vez que enseñaba Literatura en varias universidades de prestigio. Sus novelas Mary (1926), Rey, dama, valet (1928), La defensa (1930), Gloria (1932), Risa en la oscuridad (1933), Desesperación y La dádiva (ambas de 1934), Invitado a una decapitación (1938), El ojo (1937), El hechicero (1939), La verdadera vida de Sebastián Knight (1941) y Ultima Thule (1942) precedieron el éxito monumental de Lolita (1955) que le permitió abandonar la enseñanza y consagrarse por entero a su vocación de escritor. Después llegaron Pnin (1957), Pálido fuego (1962), Ada o el ardor (1969), Cosas transparentes (1972), ¡Mira los arlequines! (1974). Entre sus obras de no ficción cabe destacar su autobiografía Habla, memoria (1951) y ensayos literarios como Nikolai Gögol (1944) o sus cursos de literatura europea, sobre el Quijote o sobre la literatura rusa. En 1961 se trasladó a Suiza, donde murió en 1977. En 2009, su hijo Dmitri accedió a la publicación de su novela inacabada, El original de Laura.
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