Despair
Author: Nabokov, Vladimir
ISBN: 9780141184548
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 02 Jan 2001
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
This dark satire follows the egotistical Hermann Hermann, a murderer who thinks himself an artist
Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature. With shattering immediacy, Nabokov takes us into a deranged world, one full of an impudent, startling humour, dominated by the egotistical and scornful figure of a murderer who thinks himself an artist.
ISBN: 9780141184548
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 02 Jan 2001
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback / softback
This dark satire follows the egotistical Hermann Hermann, a murderer who thinks himself an artist
Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature. With shattering immediacy, Nabokov takes us into a deranged world, one full of an impudent, startling humour, dominated by the egotistical and scornful figure of a murderer who thinks himself an artist.
