Nabokov's Dozen

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Nabokov's Dozen is a collection of thirteen short stories showcasing Vladimir Nabokov's imaginative and narrative prowess. These tales often explore themes of love, loss, and identity, capturing moments of human experience with wit and precision. Each story highlights Nabokov's mastery of language, offering readers a diverse journey through his unique literary universe.
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This collection may appeal to you if you enjoy exquisitely crafted short stories with a touch of wit, exploring themes of memory, exile, and the intricacies of human nature. Written by a master of language, these tales offer a blend of poignant and reflective moments, perfect for readers who relish literary depth and nuance.

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Nabokov's Dozen

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics β€” irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas, and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Thirteen ingeniously crafted stories make up Vladimir Nabokov's baker's dozen. In some of these stories, shadowy people pass through, cooped up by life, with nowhere to escape. In others, elusive glimpses of fleeting happiness, which flutter away before they can be snatched, waylay their victims. Like the shimmer of the sea, the gleam of a glass caught by the sun, these stories sparkle brilliantly only to dissolve again.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241630884

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 114.0mm

Height: 164.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even 'God's own novelist' (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics.

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