Spring in Fialta and other stories explained
Spring in Fialta and other stories (Весна в Фиальте и другие рассказы; "Vesna v Fialʹte i drugie rasskazy") is a collection of short stories by the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov. The collection contains 14 short stories written between 1931 and 1940.[1] It was originally planned to be published in 1939 in Paris; however, due to the approach of World War II, it became an abandoned project.[2]
The collection was first published in Russian in 1956 by the Chekhov Publishing House in New York.
Contents
- Весна в Фиальте (Vesna v Fial'te); English translation: Spring in Fialta (1936)
- Круг (Krug); English translation: The Circle (1934)
- Королек (Korolek); English translation: The Leonardo (1939)
- Тяжолый дым (Tyazhyolyy dym); English translation: Torpid Smoke (1935)
- Памяти Л.И. Шигаева (Pamyati L.I. Shigaeva); English translation: In the Memory of L.I. Shigaeva (1934)
- Посещение музея (Poseshchenie muzeya); English translation: The Visit to the Museum (1931)
- Набор (Nabor); English translation: Recruiting (1935)
- Лик (Lik); English translation: Lik (1939)
- Истребление тиранов (Istreblenie tiranov); English translation: Tyrants Destroyed (1938)
- Василий Шишков (Vasiliy Shishkov); English translation: Vasiliy Shishkov (1939)
- Адмиралтейская игла (Admiralteyskaya igla); English translation: The Admiralty Spire (1933)
- Облако, озеро, башня (Oblako, ozero, bashnya); English translation: Cloud, Castle, Lake (1937)
- Уста к устам (Usta k ustam); English translation: Lips to Lips (1932)
- Ultima Thule (1940)
Notes and References
- Book: Nabokov, Vladimir. Collected Stories. Penguin Classics. 2012. 978-0-141-19716-6. 1057, 1058, 1060–1061.
- Book: Boyd, Brian. Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years. Princeton University Press. 1993. 0691024715. 265.
