NABOKOVS DOZEN (Anchor Literary Library)
by Vladimir Nabokov
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Read in July, 2007
'A great writer is among us,' declares the Milwaukee Journal on the cover of this Popular Library paperback. Damn those Badgers, they got it right. Nabokov could write about his childhood crayon set and it would seem profound. (In fact, he does. And it does.)
The sentences that most resonated with me: 'All my life I have been a poor go-to-sleeper. No matter how great my weariness, the wrench of parting with consciousness is unspeakably repulsive to me. I loathe Somnus, that black-maske...more
The sentences that most resonated with me: 'All my life I have been a poor go-to-sleeper. No matter how great my weariness, the wrench of parting with consciousness is unspeakably repulsive to me. I loathe Somnus, that black-maske...more
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A collection of great short stories. Some of them rank as mindblowers. However, I wouldn't try to read cover to cover. I've made this mistake before. That's not how shorts are meant to be digested. You grow tired of it no matter how good each story is.
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Oh man. I gave both Pale Fire and Lolita five stars. However, this is a collection of what must be Vladimir Nabokov's worst stories ever. Stay away.
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Not as much fun as turgenev's short stories, if you ask me. To be honest, i don't remember too many from this collection.
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Read in February, 2008
The imagery is amazing!! If you love to see in watercolors, then you must read this!
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Read in December, 2007
the unreliable narrator perhaps at its finest
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