"Transparent Things" revolves around the four visits of the hero - sullen, gawky Hugh Person - to Switzerland. Nabokov's preoccupation with the several strands of dream, memory and time is set off against the literary theorizing of the character called R.
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"Transparent Things" revolves around the four visits of the hero - sullen, gawky Hugh Person - to Switzerland. Nabokov's preoccupation with the several strands of dream, memory and time is set off against the literary theorizing of the character called R.
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Add this copy of Transparent Things to cart. $24.07, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1975 by Penguin Classics.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 150grams, ISBN: 9780140181715.
Add this copy of Transparent Things. Vladimir Nabokov (Twentieth Century to cart. $81.19, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Penguin Books.
This, one of Nabokov's lesser known works, is also perhaps one of his most bizarre. The story revolves around the main character, Hugh Person, and his four vacations in Sweden. Each is marred by tragedy and supplemented with comedy. Despite the everyman quality of the protagonist, the story is less than relatable. It is not told in a straight-forward chronological fashion but rather in a surreal revolving way; Nabokov jumps back and forth between the four trips. It makes for a difficult read if you plan to take it in in short bursts. It's best if you read this short novel in one take, and the four trips will seem to blend into one, and somehow, it will all make perfect sense.
