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The Eye

Nabokov's fourth novel, The Eyeis 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.

Genre
literary fictionhistorical fiction
Setting
1960srussiagermanycollegeeurope
Audience
adult
Length
short · 104 pages
Form
novellashort stories

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