The Man From the U. S. S. R. & Other Plays

By Vladimir Nabokov

Book Overview

Four plays and two essays on drama, written during Nabokov's migr years before his writings in English earned him worldwide fame. Translated and with Introductions by Dmitri Nabokov. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151568820
• ISBN13: 9780151568826
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Bruccoli Clark, Harcourt Brace Javanovich Pub.
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Nabokov

Though Nabokov's novels, like the luscious "Lolita" and the poetic "Pale Fire" are well-known and read, it's little known that he was also a playwright. This book collects some of his better dramas, all written when he was still a young man, and all written in his native Russian rather than the English that he mastered. One, blank verse masterpiece, is translated so poetically you won't know the difference. A great book to place next to his novels.