· Transparent Things () is one of Vladimir Nabokov’s final novels, and a slim volume that covers many of the author’s preoccupations in literature and beyond. Hugh Person, a somnambulant editor, is the novel’s protagonist, whose life is narrated by an ethereal presence – the ghost of a novelist known only as R. – who haunts Person as an author haunts his www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. Transparent Things. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. Vintage Books, - Fiction - pages. 7 Reviews. "Transparent Things revolves around the four visits of the hero--sullen, gawky Hugh 3/5(7). Transparent Things is a subtle book: the way Nabokov shows Hugh Person is surreal and sublime, yet also mundane and melancholic. All in all TT is an elegant work - a masterclass in the art of long short-story writing: understated, wistful, perceptive, deft, elusive and engaging -: definitely worth reading for the imaginative writing/5(46).
-- Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things Like almost every one of Nabokov's novels/novellas I've read so far, 'Transparent Things' has moments of absolute and immortal genius. I feel to "When we concentrate on a material object, whatever its situation, the very act of attention may lead to our involuntary sinking into the history of that object. Transparent Things () is one of Vladimir Nabokov's final novels, and a slim volume that covers many of the author's preoccupations in literature and beyond. Hugh Person, a somnambulant editor, is the novel's protagonist, whose life is narrated by an ethereal presence - the ghost of a novelist known only as R. - who haunts Person as an author haunts his characters. Nabokov, Vladimir. Transparent Things. McGraw-Hill, Cohen, Morton. Lewis Carroll: A Biography. Vintage Books, Posted by Mo Ibrahim at AM. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. Labels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, novella.
Free download or read online Transparent Things pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel. Transparent Things is a subtle book: the way Nabokov shows Hugh Person is surreal and sublime, yet also mundane and melancholic. All in all TT is an elegant work - a masterclass in the art of long short-story writing: understated, wistful, perceptive, deft, elusive and engaging -: definitely worth reading for the imaginative writing. Transparent Things by Vladimir Nabokov – review. Nabokov's ingenious novella deserves to be read and read again in spite of some uncomfortable Lolita-esque passages. Sophia Martelli. Sat
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