The Magician (nabokov Collection Iii)
About This Novel
"The Magician" is the predecessor of the famous novel "Lolita" by the novelist Navladimir Nabokov. According to the author himself, the title of "The Magician" foreshadows the theme of "The Possessed Hunter" in "Lolita". In the novel, the "magician" is also a middle-aged man who woos the widow in order to get close to her daughter. Finally, he uses magic tricks to turn his desire into a fairy-tale dream, thus creating an ending that is completely different from "Lolita". The novel is narrated in the third person, the characters have no names, and the location where the story takes place is exotic, while "Lolita" details the ins and outs of each element of the novel in the first person. Even setting aside its relationship with "Lolita", "The Magician" is still an interesting work and worth reading. The same book contains an introductory article by Nabokov's son Dmitry Nabokov.
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