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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
"Here, for the first time, the stories of one of the century's greatest prose stylists collected in one elegant volume. These 65 stories (drawn from Nabokov's four earlier collections and including 13 stories never before published in book form) display the full range of his gifts: the dazzling sleights of hand, fanciful fairy tales, inventive puzzles, enchanting vignettes, and haunting, melancholic stories full of disturbing ambiguities. 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 will remind us anew that we are in the company of a great original, a literary master. Edited by his son and translator, Dmitri Nabokov, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov is a literary event and a celebration of his art."--Page before half-title.
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RELEASED1996
PUBLISHERWeidenfeld and Nicolson
LENGTH663
LANGUAGEEN
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков; 23 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made contributions to entomology and had an interest in chess problems. Nabokov's *Lolita* (1955) is frequently cited as among his most important novels and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works. The novel was ranked at #4 in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels. *Pale Fire* (1962) was ranked at #53 on the same list. His memoir entitled *Speak, Memory* was listed #8 on the Modern Library nonfiction list. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov
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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
"Here, for the first time, the stories of one of the century's greatest prose stylists collected in one elegant volume. These 65 stories (drawn from Nabokov's four earlier collections and including 13 stories never before published in book form) display the full range of his gifts: the dazzling sleights of hand, fanciful fairy tales, inventive puzzles, enchanting vignettes, and haunting, melancholic stories full of disturbing ambiguities. 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 will remind us anew that we are in the company of a great original, a literary master. Edited by his son and translator, Dmitri Nabokov, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov is a literary event and a celebration of his art."--Page before half-title.
Subjects
RELEASED1996
PUBLISHERWeidenfeld and Nicolson
LENGTH663
LANGUAGEEN
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков; 23 April [O.S. 10 April] 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made contributions to entomology and had an interest in chess problems. Nabokov's *Lolita* (1955) is frequently cited as among his most important novels and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works. The novel was ranked at #4 in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels. *Pale Fire* (1962) was ranked at #53 on the same list. His memoir entitled *Speak, Memory* was listed #8 on the Modern Library nonfiction list. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov
