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Re: VN short stories (fwd)
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From: rodney welch <rwelch@scjob.sces.org>
Well, Michael, you'll likely get a dozen different opinions, but
here are mine.
The two best short stories VN ever wrote are "Signs and Symbols"
and "The Vane Sisters."
As is true with all VN's literature, they command the closest
attention, especially the latter. To my mind these two are unique in the
history of the short story.
From there, the best, in no particular order, are "Cloud, Castle,
Lake," "Spring in Fialta," "First Love," "La Veneziana" (his first real
gem, in my opinion) "Terra Incognita" and "Perfection." These are all
great stories.
Some others, a little great but pleasureable nonetheless, are
"The Aurelian" and "A Matter of Chance."
I'll be most interested to learn your own opinion.
RW
Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> Could anyone recommend particularly fine Nabokov short stories? I
> purchased the recently published collection and loved "Spring in Fialta."
> I'd like to read all of them (time permitting) but would prefer to start
> with a list of what others with refined tastes consider to be the very
> best. Thanks in advance.
>
> Michael Sherry
Well, Michael, you'll likely get a dozen different opinions, but
here are mine.
The two best short stories VN ever wrote are "Signs and Symbols"
and "The Vane Sisters."
As is true with all VN's literature, they command the closest
attention, especially the latter. To my mind these two are unique in the
history of the short story.
From there, the best, in no particular order, are "Cloud, Castle,
Lake," "Spring in Fialta," "First Love," "La Veneziana" (his first real
gem, in my opinion) "Terra Incognita" and "Perfection." These are all
great stories.
Some others, a little great but pleasureable nonetheless, are
"The Aurelian" and "A Matter of Chance."
I'll be most interested to learn your own opinion.
RW
Donald Barton Johnson wrote:
>
> Could anyone recommend particularly fine Nabokov short stories? I
> purchased the recently published collection and loved "Spring in Fialta."
> I'd like to read all of them (time permitting) but would prefer to start
> with a list of what others with refined tastes consider to be the very
> best. Thanks in advance.
>
> Michael Sherry