The Waltz invention
Subtitle: a play in three acts
By: by Vladimir Nabokov. [Translation into English by Dmitri Nabokov.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Phaedra
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Description: Set in an unspecified country, the main character, Waltz, supposedly invents a weapon of mass destruction. In the end, this invention turns out to be a mental fantasy of Waltz and the character is institutionalized.
Notes: First published in Russkie zapiski, November, 1938, under title: Izobretenie Valʹsa.