The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov

The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
ISBN-10
0679729976
ISBN-13
9780679729976
Series
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Category
Fiction
Pages
659
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Vintage
Author
Vladimir Nabokov

Description

A collection of 65 stories about human relations, human nature, and political satire includes 13 first-time English translations

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