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1975 short story collection by Vladimir Nabokov
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Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
First edition
AuthorVladimir Nabokov
TranslatorDmitri Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMcGraw-Hill
Publication date1975
Published in English1975
Pages238
ISBN0-07-045739-5
OCLC15542348

Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories is a collection of thirteen short stories by Vladimir Nabokov. All but the last one were written in Russian by Nabokov between 1924 and 1939 as an expatriate in Berlin, Paris, and Menton, and later translated into English by him and his son, Dmitri Nabokov. These stories appeared first individually in the Russian émigré press. The last story was written in English in Ithaca, New York in 1951. The collection was published in 1974.

Stories included

Reception

Kirkus Reviews gave a positive review of the collection, writing that "the voice and manner are cultivated, elegant and composed in that unique Nabokovian mix of hauteur and human understanding." Temira Pachmuss, writing for the Slavic Review, praised the poetic language and called the collection "a welcome addition to Nabokov's oeuvre in English".

References

  1. "TYRANTS DESTROYED AND OTHER STORIES | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. 1 February 1974. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. Pachmuss, Temira (March 1976). "Tyrants Destroyed And Other Stories. By Vladimir Nabokov. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with Vladimir Nabokov. New York and London: McGraw-Hill, 1975. xii, 238 pp. $8.95". Slavic Review. 35 (1): 182. doi:10.2307/2494887. ISSN 0037-6779. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
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