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The eye

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-19772010
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Smurov, a fussily self-conscious Russian tutor, shoots himself after a humiliating beating by his mistress husband. Unsure whether his suicide has been successful or not, Smurov drifts around Berlin, observing his acquaintances, but finds he can discover very little about his own life from the opinions of his distracted fellow-emigres.
Main title:
The eye / Vladimir Nabokov.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2010.
Collation:
112 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Russian.
ISBN:
9780140184822 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishRussian
BRN:
123239
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