Transparent Things

Vladimir Nabokov

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Penguin
01 June 2017

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Nabokov's lyrical and experimental novel, now part of this new Penguin Modern Classics series

The darkly comic Transparent Things, one of Nabokov's final books, traces the bleak life of Hugh Person through murder, madness, prison and trips to Switzerland. One of these was the last journey his father ever took; on another, having been sent to ingratiate himself with a distinguished novelist, he met his future wife. Nabokov's brilliant short novel sinks into the transparent things of the world that surround this one Person, to the silent histories they carry.

Remarkable even in Nabokov's work for its depth and lyricism, Transparent Things is a small, experimental marvel of memories and dreams, both sentimental and malign.

By: Vladimir Nabokov
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume:
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 112g
ISBN: 9780141198040
ISBN 10: 0141198044
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 June 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was born in St Petersburg. He wrote his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international prominence as a masterly prose stylist for the novels he composed in English, most famously, Lolita. Between 1923 and 1940 he published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian language and established himself as one of the most outstanding Russian emigre writers.

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Transparent Things

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