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Transparent things : a novel

by Vladimir Nabokov

Hugh Person visits Switzerland four times over twenty years, navigating a marriage, a murder, and subsequent imprisonment. The narrative centres on the intersection of memory and time through his attempts to retrace his past.

Accession 14185 ISBN 0070457344 Publisher McGraw-Hill
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