Dvadeset veličanstvenih pripovjedaka Vladimira Nabokova
A selection from Nabokov's narrative opus provides insight into the master's developmental stages: from youthful political coloring to aestheticized and hermetic prose, from anecdotes and witticisms to dizzying psychological and metanarrative plunges.
A wide range of motifs and moods unfold before the reader: tragic losses, eternal regret, claustrophobic dramas from everyday life, leaps into dreamlike and supernatural landscapes, mockery of human delusions and stupidity, disgust at coldness and cruelty.
The stories, in their heterogeneity, are united by the theme of exile and the dialectic of artistic oases and brutal reality, but also by the virtuosity of execution: unsurpassed miniaturist skill, the ability to create vivid, finely nuanced worlds in just a few strokes. At the same time, in every segment of the text, one can discern Nabokov's alchemical skill, which transforms language into a space of fascination and delight.
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