Laughter in the Dark

Informationen zum Autor Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)! born in St Petersburg! exiled in Cambridge! Berlin! and Paris! became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940! he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century! and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards! and died in Montreux! Switzerland. All his major works - novels! stories! an autobiography! poems! plays! lectures! essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics. Klappentext An aspiring young Berlin actress turns the tables on her lustful middle-aged admirer! in Nabokov's deadpan! deliciously cruel story of hopeless infatuation and horribly inventive revenge. Zusammenfassung 'Berlin-west, a morning in May.' An aspiring young Berlin actress turns the tables on her lustful middle-aged admirer, in Nabokov's deadpan, deliciously cruel story of hopeless infatuation and horribly inventive revenge.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Vladimir Nabokov
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.11.2016
• EAN: 9780241261248
• ISBN: 978-0-241-26124-8
• Seiten: 192
• Abmessung: 112 mm x 180 mm x 12 mm
• Serie: Penguin Pocket Classics
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur