Synopsis
Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann 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.
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‘Despair is about murder and madness but in artistic terms it is a work of rapture – jolting, hilarious and incredibly racy’ Martin Amis, The Times
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141184548
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 176
Published : 30 Nov 2000
Publisher : Penguin Classics
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