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Despair

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"Despair" (1934) is Vladimir Nabokov's sixth novel written in Berlin, and his third, after "King, Queen, Jack" and "Camera Obscura", a psychological crime novel that rejects the conventions of this genre.

Hermann, a Berlin businessman of Russian-German origin, convinced of his genius, plans a crime that, like a work of art, should become a masterpiece of ingenuity and impeccable execution. Life, however, turns out to be much wittier and more artistic than the vicious plan, the crooked mirror of which only distorts reality.

The first-person narrative, the hero-narrator's belief in his own exceptionalism and the brilliant style bring "Despair" closer to "Lolita", written twenty years later.
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