After his parents are killed in an auto accident and he also learns of his sister's death in Los Angeles, Smithy Ide, overweight and friendless, embarks upon a transcontinental bicycle ride to claim his sister's body and rediscovers what it means to live.
Presents Vladimir Nabokov's novel about a thirty-seven-year-old literary scholar who becomes obsessed with a twelve-year-old girl; and provides explanatory notes and an extensive introduction.
George Hall is ready to settle down to a comfortable retirement, until his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces she is marrying someone George disapproves of, and George is diagnosed with a devastating illness.
A mid-twentieth-century Jewish man who has failed in all of his major professional and personal endeavors sets out on a philosophical letter writing campaign to anyone and everyone who will read his thoughts--friends, enemies, and strangers.
Nathan Glass, a middle-aged man estranged from his friends and family, returns to Brooklyn hoping to mend his broken relationships and finally deal with the ghosts of his past.
