Description
A wryly ironic portrait of a young Russian émigré, Martin Edelweiss, whose love for a girl who will not marry him becomes entangled with the larger question of what it means to belong after upheaval. Tracing his life from pre-revolutionary Russia through the disorienting years of exile in Europe and his education in England, the novel follows how memory, manners, and ambition shape a man’s identity. With Nabokov’s signature precision and playful intelligence, it explores exile, romantic longing, and the fragile illusions we build to survive history. As Martin’s story turns back toward his homeland, the book asks—without offering easy answers—whether “return” can ever be anything but complicated, and whether glory is earned, invented, or merely imagined.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2006
192 pages
ISBN: 9780141188515
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Details
First Published
1932
Language
eng
Translation
From: rus
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Glory by Vladimir Nabokov.