Vladimir Nabokov

Dmitri Nabokov

Written in inimitable prose, these 65 stories span Nabokov's extraordinary life and career. Arranged chronologically to illuminate his development as a writer, the collection displays Nabokov's range of technical and formal inventiveness.

Collected Stories

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.

The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov

Nathan Griffin

Nabokov's writing is so precise, detailed, and clean, he could write about basically anything and it would be impressive to behold. I just don't think this is the best way to read him. This is most or all of his stories put into a book so some of the stories are incredible while some are a struggle to get through. I also think his style of writing just works best with longer works where you don't have to constantly have to reacquaint yourself with characters and plots so often, and you have time to marinate in the brilliancy of his prose.

Collected Stories

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