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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.
Laughter in the Dark is the story of a married man’s destructive obsession with an attractive young girl. Not a shocking thematic departure for Nabokov, but the novel nonetheless has its own unique character.
16 Feb 2011 · "Both hilarious and deliciously cruel." -The Guardian Albinus, a respectable, middle-aged man and aspiring filmmaker, abandons his wife for a lover half his age: Margot, who wants to...
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.
24 Feb 2022 · Laughter in the dark : a novel by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Publication date 1961 Publisher London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English. 186 pages ; 21 cm
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...
11 Mac 2023 · Laughter in the dark by Vladimir Nabokov. Publication date 1961 Publisher Penguin Books Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 512512366. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-03-11 07:23:15 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 ...
