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Vladimir Nabokov Laughter in the Dark (Paperback). This New Directions edition, based on the text as Nabokov revised it in 1960, features a new introduction by Booker Prize-winner John Banville. Author: Vladimir Nabokov. Title: Laughter in the Dark. Release Date: 09/17/2006. Further DetailsTitle: Laughter in the Dark Condition: New Author: Vladimir Nabokov Contributor: John Banville (Introduction by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0811216748 EAN: 9780811216746 ISBN: 9780811216746 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Genre: Fiction Topic: Classic Fiction Release Date: 09/17/2006 Description: "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. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 203mm Item Length: 132mm Item Width: 23mm Item Weight: 273g Release Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
