The Stories of Vladimir NabakovThe Stories of Vladimir Nabakov
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Book, 1995
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Current format, Book, 1995, , Available now. Offered in 0 more formatsA collection of 65 stories about human relations, human nature, and political satire includes 11 first-time English translations
Written between the 1920s and 1950s, an anthology of sixty-five short stories explores the complex world of human relationships and human nature, in a diverse collection that includes eleven tales translated into English for the first time. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
From the writer who shocked and delighted the world with his novels Lolita, Pale Fire,
and Ada, or Ardor, and so many others, comes a magnificent collection of stories. Written between the 1920s and 1950s, these sixty-five tales--eleven of which have been translated into English for the first time--display all the shades of Nabokov's imagination. They range from sprightly fables to bittersweet tales of loss, from claustrophobic exercises in horror to a connoisseur's samplings of the table of human folly. Read as a whole, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov offers and intoxicating draft of the master's genius, his devious wit, and his ability to turn language into an instrument of ecstasy.
Written between the 1920s and 1950s, an anthology of sixty-five short stories explores the complex world of human relationships and human nature, in a diverse collection that includes eleven tales translated into English for the first time. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
From the writer who shocked and delighted the world with his novels Lolita, Pale Fire,
and Ada, or Ardor, and so many others, comes a magnificent collection of stories. Written between the 1920s and 1950s, these sixty-five tales--eleven of which have been translated into English for the first time--display all the shades of Nabokov's imagination. They range from sprightly fables to bittersweet tales of loss, from claustrophobic exercises in horror to a connoisseur's samplings of the table of human folly. Read as a whole, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov offers and intoxicating draft of the master's genius, his devious wit, and his ability to turn language into an instrument of ecstasy.
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