| The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov Contributor(s): Nabokov, Vladimir (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679729976 ISBN-13: 9780679729976 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: Here, for the first time, the stories of one of the century's greatest prose stylists are collected in a single, comprehensive volume. Written from the early 1920s - the years of his exile from Russia - to the mid-1950s, when he abandoned the story form and turned to his English-language masterpieces Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada, these stories reveal the fascinating progress of Nabokov's early development as they remind us that we are in the presence of a magnificent original, a genuine master. Edited by his son and translator, Dmitri Nabokov, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov is a literary event and a celebration of his art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95023466 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.3" W x 7.98" (1.13 lbs) 720 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |