The eye

Description:

Nabokov's fourth novel, The Eye is as much a farcical detective story as it is a profoundly refractive tale about the vicissitudes of identities and appearances. Nabokov's protagonist, Smurov, is a lovelorn, excruciatingly self-conscious Russian emigre living in prewar Berlin, who commits suicide after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indignities in the afterlife.

subjects: Russian language books,  Russians,  Fiction,  Foreign countries,  Slavic philology,  Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author),  Politics & social issues - fiction,  Motivations - fiction,  Conflicts - fiction,  Love & relationships - fiction,  Russian fiction,  Occupations - fiction,  Character types - fiction