Машенька by Vladimir Nabokov
A young Russian émigré in post-revolutionary Europe is haunted by memories of his first love, Masha, whose youthful presence he idealizes and cannot forget; when he thinks he recognizes her among the émigré circle years later, longing, nostalgia and self-deception mingle as he reconstructs their past through lyrical, ironic recollection. The novella contrasts romantic illusion with the banal realities of exile, probing memory, identity and the bittersweet pain of lost possibilities in compact, melancholic prose.
- Published
- 1926
- Nationality
- Russian
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Russian
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- Alternate Titles
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- Mashen'ka
- Mashenka
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