The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov$21.25
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 12/09/1996
ISBN: 9780679729976
Pages: 720
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.30w x 1.50d
Review Citations: New York Times 01/19/1997 pg. 28
Publishers Weekly 11/25/1996
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 12/09/1996
ISBN: 9780679729976
Pages: 720
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.30w x 1.50d
Review Citations: New York Times 01/19/1997 pg. 28
Publishers Weekly 11/25/1996