Original Russian title: Волшебник (Volshebnik). Written in 1939 and unpublished during Nabokov's lifetime. The English translation by Dmitri Nabokov was published posthumously in 1986. The work is considered a thematic precursor to Lolita.
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Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was a Russian-born American novelist, poet, translator, critic, and lepidopterist who wrote in Russian and English.
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English title: The Enchanter. Written in Russian in 1939 but unpublished during Nabokov's lifetime; it was published posthumously in Russian in 1986 and later in English translation.
English title: The Eye. The Russian work first appeared in Sovremennye zapiski in 1930; the first separate book edition appeared in 1938 under the name V. Sirin.
Original Russian title: Соглядатай (Sogliadatai). First published in journal form in 1930. First book publication: Dom Knigi, Paris, 1938.