Description: Further DetailsTitle: Laughter in the DarkCondition: NewEAN: 9780811216746ISBN: 9780811216746Publisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/22/2006Item Height: 203mmItem Length: 132mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 273gAuthor: Vladimir NabokovContributor: John Banville (Introduction by)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0811216748Description: "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.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: FictionTopic: Classic FictionRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Laughter in the Dark
Title: Laughter in the Dark
EAN: 9780811216746
ISBN: 9780811216746
Release Date: 09/22/2006
Release Year: 2006
Contributor: John Banville (Introduction by)
ISBN-10: 0811216748
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Laughter in the Dark
Number of Pages: 308 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2006
Topic: General, Literary
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Item Length: 7.9 in
Item Width: 7.4 in
Format: Perfect
