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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.     Subjects     Mistresses -- Fiction.     Adultery -- Fiction.     Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.       by title:      Laughter in the dark...      Kamera Obskura. Engl...       by call number:      FICTION NAB     Search the Web     Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.     Mistresses -- Fiction.     Adultery -- Fiction.     Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Laughter in the dark / by Vladimir Nabokov.. by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. New Directions, 2006, c1960. Call #: FICTION NAB Subjects Mistresses -- Fiction.   Adultery -- Fiction.   Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction. Series New Directions book. ISBN:  9780679724506 9780811216746 (trade pbk.) Uniform title:  Kamera Obskura. English Edition:  Rev. ed. Description:  292 p. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Originally published: New York : New Directions, 1960. With new introduction by John Banville. Translation of: Kamera obskura. Summary:  "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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION NAB Adult books Shelving Cart Add Copy to MyList

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