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Publisher's summary
"Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; he loved; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster." Thus begins Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark; and this, the author tells us, is the whole story—except that he starts from here, with his characteristic dazzling skill and irony, and brilliantly turns a fable into a chilling, original novel of folly and destruction. Amidst a Weimar-era milieu of silent film stars, artists, and aspirants, Nabokov creates a merciless masterpiece as Albinus, an aging critic, falls prey to his own desires, to his teenage mistress, and to Axel Rex, the scheming rival for her affections who finds his greatest joy in the downfall of others.
Charlie takes the book from Sawyer's stash as his reflection appears just above the book. --("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
Hurley takes the book from Charlie and begins to read it --("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
In Lost
- Hurley picks up the book and reads it in "Flashes Before Your Eyes". It came out of Sawyer's stash.
Trivia
Nabokov translated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland into Russian.[1]