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Laughter in the Dark

Vladimir Nabokov

Paperback | Pages: 292 pages

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Original Title:	Камера обскура
ISBN:	0811216748 (ISBN13: 9780811216746)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Albert Albinus, Margot Peters, Axel Rex, Elisabeth Albinus
Setting:	Berlin(Germany)

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"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 masterwork 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.

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Title	:	Laughter in the Dark
Author	:	Vladimir Nabokov
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 292 pages
Published	:	September 17th 2006 by New Directions (first published 1932)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Russian Literature. Novels

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Original published under the name 'Camera Obscura', Vladimir Nabokov was so displeased with the quality of it's first English translation in 1936 he personally took to changing it under the now title 'Laughter in the Dark' and this becomes the first foreign novel I have read that was actually translated by the writer himself. And If there's one thing that strikes me about Nabokov, it's the impression I get that his mind was never too far away from lust and desire, whether that be writing, having

Curiously enough, the first works of Nabokov I read were not fiction but rather literary criticism. I quite enjoyed reading his views on writing and literature. Predictably, it was not before long that I wanted to read his novels as well. I picked up this book years ago and figured it could be a good introduction to Nabokov. To be frank, I just didnt want to start with Lolita. I wanted something less emotionally exhausting to start Nabokov with. I was also afraid that I wont be able to finish

Almost every Nabokov novel probably deserves five stars. But while Laughter in the Dark is filled with stunning scenes, it's not one of his bulletproof masterpieces. Still, this might be his most breezy and purely enjoyable book. The plot moves along at a speedy clip, building up to a cinematic climax that's genuine edge-of-the-seat material. The prose is as inventive as ever, but never overly demanding. If you've only had a casual interest in his work, this might be a perfect place to kindle a

Leave it to Nabokov to strip you of your faith in humanity.

"Death is often the point of life's joke" Vladimir Nabokov, Laughter in the Dark Death," he had said on another occasion, "seems to be merely a bad habit, which nature is at present powerless to overcome. Vladimir Nabokov, Laughter in the DarkAn early Nabokov with many funky allusions to Tolstoy, anticipations and presages of Lolita, and obviously -- plenty of Nabokovian black humor from beginning to end. As a independent work, I don't think it belongs in the top tier of Nabokov's lush ouvre,

Nabokov famously disowned Laughter in the Dark and one can see some of the reasons why-it lacks the vivacity and verve, the poetic cadence of Nabokovs prose, however it contains most of the themes which dominate Nabokovs works; the vicissitudes of reality, of cruelty, the burgeoning sexuality of adolescence, solipsism and unreliable narrators. Some of the descriptions can be cloyingly clichéd and it lacks perhaps the complexity of his great novels, however traces of his genius and lyricism are

The flawed human. The insecure being who seeks validation. The manipulated partner. The depressed one who seeks happiness in another life, in order to avoid responsibility and routine. The neglectful father. Still, somewhere in the dimly lit pages of this book, there is a woman who has dedicated her life to him, one who sees in him the person he is unable to see, one who has helped him morph into the man he has become, one who understands he is living a delusion. Nabokov dedicated this novel to