This book will reveal to you a new Nabokov. It included stories that had previously been published only in magazines and were not known to a wide range of readers. The great prose writer never tires of experimenting with style and searching for new themes. New Zealander Brian Boyd, an unsurpassed expert on Nabokov, wittily remarked: “...he looks like a famous juggler, throwing into the air and very deftly catching a single cup (however, not empty), while everyone knows that he can easily work with a device for six people.” The texts were kindly prepared by Gennady Barabtarlo specifically for this publication and are given in Vladimir’s punctuation and spelling Nabokov and the translator. Source Djvu: