Set in Russian emigration in pre-Hitler Germany, the story follows Smurov, a failed suicide, Bolshevik spy, and war hero. In love and homosexual at different times, he lives among an expatriate bourgeoisie. With elements of a mystery novel, the narrative explores shifting identity. Nabokov's Eye is a haunting and delightful short story, excelling in its memorable scenes and the enigma of identity.

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Vladimir Nabokov (San Petersburgo, 1899-Montreux, 1977), uno de los m�s extraordinarios escritores del siglo XX, naci� en el seno de una acomodada familia aristocr�tica. En 1919, a consecuencia de la Revoluci�n Rusa, abandon� su pa�s para siempre. Tras estudiar en Cambridge, se instal� en Berl�n, donde empez� a publicar sus novelas en ruso con el seud�nimo de V. Sirin. En 1937 se traslad� a Par�s, y en 1940 a los Estados Unidos, donde fue profesor de literatura en varias universidades. En 1960, gracias al gran �xito comercial de Lolita, pudo abandonar la docencia, y poco despu�s se traslad� a Montreux, donde residi�, junto con su esposa V�ra, hasta su muerte.

En Anagrama se le ha dedicado una �Biblioteca Nabokov� que recoge una ampl�sima muestra de su talento narrativo. En �Compactos� se han publicado los siguientes t�tulos: Mashenka, Rey, Dama, Valet, La defensa, El ojo, Risa en la oscuridad, Desesperaci�n, El hechicero, La verdadera vida de Sebastian Knight, Lolita, Pnin, P�lido fuego, Habla, memoria, Ada o el ardor, Invitado a una decapitaci�n y Barra siniestra; La d�diva, Cosas transparentes, Una belleza rusa, El original de Laura y Gloria pueden encontrarse en �Panorama de narrativas�, mientras que sus Cuentos completos est�n incluidos en la colecci�n �Compendium�. Opiniones contundentes, por su parte, ha aparecido en �Argumentos�.

Juan Antonio Masoliver R�denas (Barcelona, 1939) es profesor investigador de Literatura Espa�ola y Latinoamericana de la Universidad de Westmins�ter de Londres, ciudad en la que reside desde hace m�s de treinta a�os. Adem�s de su recono�cida faceta de cr�tico literario en Espa�a y Am�ri�ca Latina, ha traducido, entre otros, a Cesare Pa�vese, Djuna Barnes, Carson McCullers y Robert Coover, es autor de la antolog�a de cuentos espa��oles contempor�neos The Origins of Desire (Londres, 1993) y de las colecciones de poemas El jard�n aciago (Premio Carlos Ortiz, Barcelona, 1985), La casa de la maleza (Barcelona, 1992), En el bosque de Celia (Altea, 1995; M�xico, 1998), y Los espejos del mar (Tenerife, 1998).

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