3 Books by Vladimir Nabokov
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Overview: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin, was a Russian-American novelist. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made significant contributions to lepidoptery, and had a big interest in chess problems.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
Terra Incognita
‘The woods were gradually thinning. I was tormented by strange hallucinations.I gazed at the weird tree trunks, around some of which were coiled thick, flesh coloured snakes; suddenly I thought I saw, between the trunks, as though through my fingers, the mirror of a half open wardrobe…’
These three stories of menace, magic and melancholy display Vladimir Nabokov’s astonishing range and inventiveness. Whether describing an escape across a surreal tropical landscape, a fateful meeting or an unexpected and threatening return, each tale shows his dazzling sleight of hand, intellectual playfulness and fantastical imagination.
The Song of Igor’s Campaign
The Song of Igor’s Campaign is the most imaginative, celebrated, and studied work of early Russian literature. It describes a chivalric expedition undertaken in the late 12th century by a minor prince in the land of Rus’ to defeat, against overwhelming odds, a powerful alliance in a neighboring territory. The anonymous poet who chronicled this adventure packed unprecedented metaphorical agility, keenness of observation, and fascinating imagery into the lean and powerful tale of the doomed campaign. Discovered in the late 18th century and only narrowly distributed, the original manuscript was destroyed in a fire, leading to endless debate about the provenance and authenticity of the extant versions. It also served as the basis of Borodin’s opera Prince Igor. Translated by Vladimir Nabokov, the verses that constitute The Song of Igor’s Campaign are presented in their original rhyme and meter, and Nabokov’s extensive annotations provide illuminations on all the aspects of the text.
Man From The USSR & Other Plays
Four plays and two essays on drama, written during Nabokov’s émigré years before his writings in English earned him worldwide fame. Translated and with Introductions by Dmitri Nabokov.
PLAYS
Nabokov and the Theatre
Chronology
The Man from the USSR
The Event
The Pole
The Grand-dad
ESSAYS
Introduction
Playwriting
The Tragedy of Tragedy
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