Collins Collectors' Choice

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The literary genius of Vladimir Nabokov must now surely be beyond dispute. Indeed Peter Quennell in his introduction discusses the author's work in comparison with that of two other great literary masters of recent times - Marcel Proust and James Joyce. The five books in this Collectors' Choice volume have been chosen in the belief that they exemplify the quality and versatility of Nabokov's writing. With the exception of LOLITA all the books were originally written in Russian.
There are qualities of Nabokov's writing which are particularly evident in the five novels reprinted here. First, the brilliance of the author's language, the sheer verbal skill of his writing. Second, the light the novels throw on the Russian literary tradition, a tradition they often parody and whose form and expression Nabokov has drawn on to create his incomparably atmospheric style. Third, the author's impressionistic approach to reality, an approach whichisintangibleand deceptive. Fourth, the... Tovább

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The literary genius of Vladimir Nabokov must now surely be beyond dispute. Indeed Peter Quennell in his introduction discusses the author's work in comparison with that of two other great literary masters of recent times - Marcel Proust and James Joyce. The five books in this Collectors' Choice volume have been chosen in the belief that they exemplify the quality and versatility of Nabokov's writing. With the exception of LOLITA all the books were originally written in Russian.
There are qualities of Nabokov's writing which are particularly evident in the five novels reprinted here. First, the brilliance of the author's language, the sheer verbal skill of his writing. Second, the light the novels throw on the Russian literary tradition, a tradition they often parody and whose form and expression Nabokov has drawn on to create his incomparably atmospheric style. Third, the author's impressionistic approach to reality, an approach whichisintangibleand deceptive. Fourth, the unflinching moral purpose of his work. Nabokov once commented: 'I believe that one day a re-appraiser will come and declare that far from having been a frivolous firebird, I was a rigid moralist kicking sin, cuffing stupidity, ridiculing the vulgar and the cruel - and assigning savage power to tenderness, talent and pride.' Ironically, this may be seen to be an especially important element in Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, LOLITA.

Collins Collectors' Choices bring together selected novels by the world's best-known authors. Each choice will comprise four or five of a writer's most famous books, unabridged, and introduced by the author or an authority on his or her work. The volumes in the series will be produced in a form which is easy to read, handsomely bound and a pleasure to handle, and published at a price everyone can afford.
Also available in this series are selections from the writings of the following authors:
AGATHA CHRISTIE A Miss Marple Quintet A Poirot Quintet
CATHERINE GASKIN Romantic Novels
DESMOND BAGLEY Selected Novels
WINSTON GRAHAM
The First Four Poldark Novels
HERMANN HESSE Selected Writings
HAMMOND INNES Sea Stories
EDNA O'BRIEN Selected Novels
ALISTAIR MACLEAN War Novels Vissza