Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Is he in love or insane?... Zobraziť viac
Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of... Zobraziť viac
Příběh jednoho z Nabokovových nejhlubších i nejhravějších románů sleduje peripetie vztahu jeho protagonistů, psychologa a profesora filozofie Vana Veena a jeho sestřenice (ve skutečnosti, jak se ukáže, sestry) Ady, od prvního... Zobraziť viac
Nabokov described this novella, written in Paris in 1939 but only published twenty years later, as 'the first little throb of Lolita'. The plot is similar: a middle-aged man wedding an unattractive widow in order ... Zobraziť viac
Nabokov's masterly Collected Poems span the decades of his career, from 'Music', written in 1914, to the short, playful 'To Vera', composed in 1974. 'The University Poem', one of Nabokov's major poetic works, ... Zobraziť viac
A man at his desk is interrupted by the appearance of a woodland elf in his room; the piano maestro Bachmann ends his career; a barber shaves the face of a man who once tortured him; a shy dreamer makes a deal with the Devil... Zobraziť viac
Hrdinský čin je autorovým raným románem z roku 1932, jenž bývá považován za fikční pandán k autobiografii Promluv, paměti. Stejně jako Nabokov sám je i jeho hrdina ruským emigrantem, který v mládí studoval v Cambridgi a... Zobraziť viac
Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals... Zobraziť viac
Nabokov said of his chess-playing genius Luzhin, that despite his coarseness and grubby plainness, he is a lovable creation... Zobraziť viac
Morn, a masked king, rules over a realm to which he has restored order after a violent revolution. Secretly in love with Midia, the wife of a banished revolutionary, Morn finds himself facing renewed bloodshed and disaster when Midia's husband returns... Zobraziť viac
Kniha Vladimira Nabokova Pamäť, prehovor patrí k najlepším autorovým opusom a je majstrovským dielom vo svojom žánri. Je hodnotená ako jedna z najgeniálnejších autobiografií. Charakteristikou autorovej práce je presnosť a umelecká presvedčivosť... Zobraziť viac
Jsou životopisy, které mají punc výsostně uměleckého díla. Není jich mnoho, avšak Nabokova autobiografie Promluv, paměti k nim rozhodně patří... Zobraziť viac
První ze tří svazků shrnujících česky poprvé Nabokovovo povídkové dílo přináší v chronologickém pořadí sedmadvacet próz, které autor napsal během svého pobytu v berlínském exilu v letech 1921-27. Zobraziť viac
Výstřední románová zpověď čtyřicátníka Humberta Humberta o jeho zničující erotické posedlosti kouzlem „nymfičky“ Dolores Hazeové vzbudila krátce po svém vzniku bouři odporu i nemístná očekávání, ... Zobraziť viac
'In general Glory is my happiest thing.' 'The fun of Glory is . . . to be sought in the echoing and linking of minor events, in back-and-forth switches, which produce an illusion of impetus; in an old daydream directly becoming the blessing of... Zobraziť viac
Nabokov described this novella, written in Paris in 1939 but only published twenty years later, as 'the first little throb of Lolita'. The plot is similar: a middle-aged man wedding an unattractive widow in order ... Zobraziť viac
No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer lasted longer than Vladimir Nabokov's. Vera Slonim shared his delight at the enchantment of life's trifles and literature's treasures, and he rated her as having the best and quickest sense of humour ... Zobraziť viac
90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books ‘And this is fantasy, the flutter, the rapture of fantasy!’ A bashful dragon, a lost wood-sprite, the prophet Elijah and the Devil disguised as a middle-aged woman appear in these playful, ... Zobraziť viac
Thirteen strangely wrought, ingeniously crafted stories make up Nabokov's baker's dozen. In some of these stories shadowy people pass through, cooped up by life, with nowhere to escape to. Their dreams lie stifled, smothered by routine and... Zobraziť viac
The Gift is the phantasmal autobiography of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdynstev, a writer living in the closed world of Russian intellectuals in Berlin shortly after the First World War. This gorgeous tapestry of literature and butterflies tells the story of... Zobraziť viac
