Vintage Nabokov

Novelist, poet, critic, translator, and, above all, a peerless imaginer, Vladimir Nabokov was arguably the most dazzling prose stylist of the twentieth century. In novels like Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada, or Ardor, he turned language into an instrument of ecstasy. Vintage Nabokov includes sections 1-10 of his most famous and controversial novel, Lolita; the stories "The Return of Chorb," "The Aurelian," "A Forgotten Poet," "Time and Ebb," "Signs and Symbols," "The Vane Sisters," and "Lance"; and chapter twelve from his memoir Speak, Memory. Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers, presented in attractive, affordable paperback editions.Nabokov, Vladimir is the author of 'Vintage Nabokov', published 2004 under ISBN 9781400034017 and ISBN 1400034019.