The collection displays Nabokov's astonishing range of technical and formal inventiveness
ISBN:
9780141183459
Author:
Vladimir Nabokov
Page:
816
Binding:
Soft cover
Publication date:
2007
Format:
Book
Publisher:
PENGUIN BOOKS
Language:
English
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Description
A man at his desk is interrupted by the appearance of a woodland elf in his room; the piano maestro Bachmann ends his career; a barber shaves the face of a man who once tortured him; a shy dreamer makes a deal with the Devil. In these sixty-five storiesof magic and melancholy, Nabokov displays an astonishing range of inventiveness, with dazzling sleight of hand, fantastical fairy tales, intellectual games and enchanting glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss.