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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.
Laughter in the Dark (French: La Chambre obscure) is a 1969 romantic drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Nicol Williamson, Anna Karina and Jean-Claude Drouot. It was based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov, with the setting changed from 1930s Berlin to 1960s Swinging London.
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.
Feb 16, 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,...
Based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel, the film stars Nicol Williamson as a middle-aged art critic who falls in love with a 16-year-old usherette. The film was a box-office failure and received mixed reviews, but features Anna Karina and Richard Burton in supporting roles.
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...
