书目

TransparentThings(PenguinPress)

内容简介

Thedarklycomic"TransparentThings",oneofNabokov'sfinalbooks,tracesthebleaklifeofHughPersonthroughmurder,madness,prisonandtripstoSwitzerland.Oneofthesewasthelastjourneyhisfatherevertook;onanother,havingbeensenttoingratiatehimselfwithadistinguishednovelist,hemethisfuturewife.Nabokov'sbrilliantshortnovelsinksintothetransparentthingsoftheworldthatsurroundthisonePerson,tothesilenthistoriestheycarry.RemarkableeveninNabokov'sworkforitsdepthandlyricism,"TransparentThings"isasmall,experimentalmarvelofmemoriesanddreams,bothsentimentalandmalign.

作者简介

VladimirNabokov(1899-1977)wasborninStPetersburg.HewrotehisfirstliteraryworksinRussian,butrosetointernationalprominenceasamasterlyprosestylistforthenovelshecomposedinEnglish,mostfamously,Lolita.Between1923and1940hepublishednovels,shortstories,plays,poemsandtranslationsintheRussianlanguageandestablishedhimselfasoneofthemostoutstandingRussianémigréwriters.

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