Title: Sogljadataj
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 emigre living in prewar Berlin, who commits suicide after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indignities in the afterlife.
Subjects: Russian language books, Russians, Fiction, Foreign countries, Slavic philology, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Politics & social issues - fiction, Motivations - fiction, Conflicts - fiction, Love & relationships - fiction, Russian fiction, Occupations - fiction, Character types - fiction