Transparent Things

Book “Transparent Things” by Vladimir Nabokov — February 3, 2011

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Book short specifications

Author
Pages
144
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Language
english
Release date
February 3, 2011
ISBN
978-0-14-119804-0
GTIN
9780141198040
Weight, g
125
Publisher's website
penguin.co.uk

About

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.

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