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Despair (Russian: Отчаяние, or Otchayanie) is the seventh novel by Vladimir Nabokov, originally published in Russian, serially in the politicized literary journal Sovremennye zapiski during 1934. It was then published as a book in 1936, and translated to English by the author in 1937.
Coat of Arms of the Nabokov family, members of an ancient Russian nobility, granted to them on 1 January 1798 by Emperor Paul I Nabokov's grandfather Dmitry Nabokov, who was Justice Minister under Tsar Alexander II Nabokov's father, V. D. Nabokov, in his World War I officer's uniform, 1914 The Nabokov family mansion in Saint Petersburg; today it is the site of the Nabokov museum.
Details of a Sunset and Other Stories is a collection of thirteen short stories by Vladimir Nabokov.All were written in Russian by Nabokov between 1924 and 1935 as an expatriate in Berlin, Paris, and Riga and published individually in the émigré press at that time later to be translated into English by him and his son, Dmitri Nabokov.
(c. 1921) [2] "Natasha". The New Yorker, June 9 & 16, 2008 [3] (incorporated into the 17th and later printings of the paperback edition of The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov) (1923-01-07) [4] "The Word". The New Yorker, December 26, 2005 [5] (incorporated into the 15th and later printings of the paperback edition of The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov)
Alfred Appel Jr. (January 31, 1934 – May 2, 2009) [1] [2] was an American professor, author and journal editor noted for his investigations into the works of Vladimir Nabokov, modern art, and jazz modernism. [3] He edited The Annotated Lolita, an edition of Nabokov's Lolita. He also authored four other books about Nabokov, literature and ...
Poems and Problems (ISBN 0-07-045724-7) is a book by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1969. It consists of 39 poems originally written in Russian and translated by Nabokov, 14 poems written in English, and 18 chess problems. One of the 39 poems originally written in Russian, "Lilith," in 1928, can be looked at as a foreshadowing of his 1955 novel ...
Nabokov's Congeries was a collection of work by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1968 and reprinted in 1971 as The Portable Nabokov.It was edited by Page Stegner. [1] Because Nabokov supervised its production less than a decade before he died, it is useful in attempting to identify which works Nabokov considered to be his best, especially among his short stories.
Nabokov's Dozen (1958) a collection of 13 short stories by Vladimir Nabokov previously published in American magazines. [1] Nine of them also previously appeared in Nine Stories. All were later reprinted within The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov. Two stories, First Love (as Colette) and Mademoiselle O are also included in Nabokov's Speak, Memory.