Transparent things

About “Transparent things”

"Transparent Things" is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov that follows the character Hugh Person, a sullen and awkward man. The story centers on his four visits to Switzerland. As a young publisher, Hugh is sent to interview a man named R. During his trip, he falls in love with a woman named Armande, wins her from a Scandinavian man after facing several humiliations, and brings her back to New York. Eight years later, after a murder, a period of madness, and a short imprisonment, Hugh travels alone to Switzerland to confront his past. The novel weaves together themes of dream, memory, and time, contrasting them with the ideas of R. and the tangible world.