Select delivery location
See All Buying Options
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Vladimir Nabokov
+ Follow
More books from this author
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Verzweiflung. Perfect Paperback

German Edition by Vladimir Nabokov (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
See all formats and editions
Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965--thirty years after its original publication-- Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime--his own murder.
Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. Language
    German
  2. ISBN-10
    349911562X
  3. ISBN-13
    978-3499115622
  4. See all details
Next page
The Amazon Book Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now

Product details

  • Language ‏ : ‎ German
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 349911562X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3499115622
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.52 ounces
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was born on April 23, 1899, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Nabokov household was trilingual, and as a young man, he studied Slavic and romance languages at Trinity College, Cambridge, taking his honors degree in 1922. For the next eighteen years he lived in Berlin and Paris, writing prolifically in Russian under the pseudonym Sirin and supporting himself through translations, lessons in English and tennis, and by composing the first crossword puzzles in Russian. In 1925 he married Vera Slonim, with whom he had one child, a son, Dmitri. Having already fled Russia and Germany, Nabokov became a refugee once more in 1940, when he was forced to leave France for the United States. There he taught at Wellesley, Harvard, and Cornell. He also gave up writing in Russian and began composing ficticvbn ral books of criticism. Vladimir Nabokov died in Montreux, Switzerland, in 1977.

Customer reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
21 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

There are 0 reviews and 0 ratings from the United States

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
Christine G.
5.0 out of 5 stars Sprachlich super
Reviewed in Germany on October 23, 2019
Verified Purchase
Das Hörbuch war sehr gut gelesen und die Geschichte hat mir auch sehr gut gefallen. Der Erzähler, also die Hauptperson der Story, drückt sich ganz wunderbar aus. Ich kann es nur empfehlen.
One person found this helpful
 Report
Amazon Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Verzweiflung von Vladimir Nabokov
Reviewed in Germany on August 2, 2016
Verified Purchase
Es ist ein sehr gutes Buch, das ich gerne lesen wollte. Der Versuch der Hauptfigur, sich selber zu entfliehen, ist hintergründig und ironisch geschildert.
2 people found this helpful
 Report
Stechapfel.999
2.0 out of 5 stars deprimierend ...
Reviewed in Germany on December 17, 2020
Verified Purchase
Obwohl ich wirklich keine gute Nacherzählung hinkriege und niemandem einen Kauf vermiesen will ...
dieses Hörbuch gefällt mir gar nicht.
Von Vladimir Nabokov hätte ich mir keine so anschaulichen Schilderungen von grausigen Dingen erwartet.
Der Protagonist ist Schokoladefabrikant; dass jemand, der für die Erzeugung einer so beliebten Leckerei
verantwortlich ist, hätte ich mir mehr Feinsinn in der Sprache gewünscht. Auch wenn er später zum Mörder
wurde.
Vladimir Nabokov ist jedenfalls nichts für mich.
2 people found this helpful
 Report
Krümel
5.0 out of 5 stars Lesenswert
Reviewed in Germany on February 1, 2019
Verified Purchase
Alles ok
Report