The Eye by Vladimir Nabokov [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1966 • Pocket

The Eye by Vladimir Nabokov 

FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK PRINTING [1966] POCKET BOOKS

Book is in beautiful condition; neat mint and unread.   *first page has been neatly initialed by orig. owner w/ number [see last photo]

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 émigré living in pre-war Berlin, who takes his own life after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indignities in the afterlife.