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: The book’s text has been translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence system. In most cases, the translation is accurate and clear, but occasionally there may be incorrect phrasing or individual words left untranslated.