Камера обскура

'Kamera obskura' (1933) - pi͡atyĭ roman Vladimira Nabokova, napisannyĭ v Berline i opublikovannyĭ pod psevdonimom V. Sirin. Slepai͡a strastʹ bogatogo iskusstvoveda Bruno Krechmara k shestnadt͡satiletneĭ naturshchit͡se Magde, mechtai͡ushcheĭ o roskoshnoĭ zhizni i kinematograficheskoĭ karʹere, privodit geroi͡a k potere semʹi, nravstvennoĭ katastrofe i fizicheskoĭ slepote. Obmanutyĭ i bespomoshchnyĭ Krechmar stanovitsi͡a igrushkoĭ zhestokogo li͡ubovnika Magdy karikaturista Roberta Gorna.Porazivshai͡a chitateleĭ i kritikov zhivopisnai͡a tochnostʹ detaleĭ, psikhologicheskai͡a vyverennostʹ kharakterov, novizna povestvovatelʹnykh priemov i ta besposhchadnostʹ nastoi͡ashchego khudozhnika, s kakoĭ Nabokov traktuet svoi͡u temu, predvoskhitili drugoĭ ego znamenityĭ roman o gibelʹnoĭ strasti - 'Lolitu'.

Camera Obscura (1933) is the fifth novel by Vladimir Nabokov, written in Berlin and published under the pseudonym V. Sirin. The blind passion of the rich art critic Bruno Kretschmar for the sixteen-year-old model Magda, who dreams of a luxurious life and a cinematic career, leads the hero to the loss of his family, a moral catastrophe and physical blindness. The deceived and helpless Albinus becomes the toy of Magda's cruel lover, cartoonist Robert Horn.The picturesque accuracy of details, the psychological accuracy of characters, the novelty of narrative techniques and the ruthlessness of a real artist with which Nabokov interprets his theme, which struck readers and critics, anticipated his other famous novel about the fatal passion — Lolita.