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Laughter in the Dark (Original Russian title: Ка́мера обску́ра, Camera obscura) is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov and serialised in Sovremennye zapiski in 1932. [1] The first English translation, Camera Obscura , was made by Winifred Roy and published in London in 1936 by Johnathan Long, the paperback imprint of Hutchinson ...
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
- 1932
18,625 ratings1,497 reviews. "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 ...
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Dec 17, 1989 · Laughter in the Dark. Paperback – December 17, 1989. by Vladimir Nabokov (Author) 4.4 478 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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 ...
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- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
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About Laughter in the Dark. 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.
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Paperback
Sep 17, 2006 · Laughter in the Dark. Paperback – September 17, 2006. by Vladimir Nabokov (Author), John Banville (Introduction) 475. See all formats and editions. The classic novel from the author of Lolita, brilliantly portraying one man's ruin through love and betrayal. "Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus.
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Dec 4, 2014 · The new version (Nabokov’s first English literary production), which he retitled "Laughter in the Dark," is a masterful short novel about an older man's obsession with a young girl, and is today ...
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New Directions Publishing, 1960 - Fiction - 292 pages. "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 ...
