Vladimiras Nabokovas

"Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically." -- John Updike The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is a perversely magical literary detective story -- subtle, intricate, leading to a tantalizing climax -- about the mysterious life of a famous writer. Many people knew things about …

Transparent Things is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1972. It was originally written in English.