num_pages: 224
description: Glory is the wryly ironic story of Martin Edelweiss, a twenty-two-year-old Russian émigré of no account, who is in love with a girl who refuses to marry him.  "The themes we associate with Nabokov — the romance of emigres, sexual frustration, the nostalgia of youth — shine again, sorrowfully or blithely, but always adding an illuminating dimension to what went before or what comes after." - Kirkus ReviewsConvinced that his life is about to be wasted and hoping to impress his love, Martin embarks on a "perilous, daredevil project"--an illegal attempt to re-enter the Soviet Union, from which he and his mother had fled in 1919. He succeeds--but at a terrible cost.
language: English
title: Glory
titlecomplete: Glory
genres: Read For School, 20th Century, Russia, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 2729
publisher: Vintage