![]() ![]() The miniature is not flawed, no, but the most splendid features of the great model have been just slightly parodied, out of playfulness almost." Gallant found the short novel to be "as casual, as unpredictable, as eccentric and as daunting as Mr. Transparent things, through which the past shines Man-made objects, or natural ones, inert in themselves but much used by careless life (you are thinking. Transparent Things is a subtle book: the way Nabokov shows Hugh Person is surreal and sublime, yet also mundane and melancholic. In The New York Times Book Review, writer Mavis Gallant wrote, "Vladimir Nabokov, having spent his life building the Taj Mahal, has decided at the age of 73-for his own amusement and incidentally for our pleasure-to construct a small mock replica. In recounting Person's story, the narrator(s) guide(s) the reader through themes of time, love, authorship, and the metaphysics of memory. ![]() ![]() Finally, Person's fourth trip provides an opportunity for reflection on his turbulent past. His third trip involves tragedy, murder, and madness. In his second trip, Person's publisher sends him to interview R., a gifted and eccentric author. This short novel tells the story of Hugh Person, a young American editor, and the memory of his four trips to a small village in Switzerland over the course of nearly two decades. Person first visits the village as a young man, along with his father. This short novel tells the story of Hugh Person, a young American editor, and the memory of his four trips to a small village in Switzerland over the course of nearly two decades. ![]() Transparent Things is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1972. ![]()
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