num_pages: 104
description: Nabokov's fourth novel, The Eye is as much a farcical detective story as it is a profoundly refractive tale about the vicissitudes of identities and appearances. Nabokov's protagonist, Smurov, is a lovelorn, excruciatingly self-conscious Russian émigré living in pre-war Berlin, who takes his own life after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indignities in the afterlife.
language: English
title: The Eye
titlecomplete: The Eye
characters: Roman Bpgdanovich, Smurov, Matilda, Uncle Pasha, Evgenia, Vikentiy Lvovich Weinstock, Marianna, Mukhin, Khrushchov
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, Russia, Novella, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 5881
places: Berlin
publisher: Vintage