Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 688 pages | ISBN 9780141183459 | 22 Feb 2001 | Penguin Classic
Written in inimitable, magical prose, these sixty-five stories span Nabokov's extraordinary life and career. Arranged chronologically to illuminate his development as a writer, the collection displays Nabokov's astonishing range of technical and formal inventiveness: the dazzling sleight of hand, fanciful fairy tales, ingenious puzzles, enchanting vignettes and haunting melancholic narratives full of disturbing ambiguities.
'His talent for telling stories – happily apparent in this marvellous collection … is the Nabokovian finishing touch which makes reading his work such an intense joy … his passion for words is passed to us like spoonfuls of the best honey’ Daily Telegraph
‘A gorgeous book, a tutor in exquisiteness’ – James Wood, Guardian
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