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Collected Stories
Oct 30, 2024 11:35 PM

Author:Vladimir Nabokov,Dmitri Nabokov

Collected Stories

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. In these sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy, Nabokov displays an astonishing range of inventiveness, with dazzling sleight of hand, fantastical fairy tales, intellectual games and enchanting glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss.

The collection displays Nabokov's astonishing range of technical and formal inventiveness: the dazzling sleight of hand, fanciful fairy tales, ingenious puzzles, enchanting vignettes and haunting melancholic narratives full of disturbing ambiguities.

Reviews

From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected book of his darkest stories

—— from publisher's description

One of the most widely read and influential writers

—— The Times

The absolute master of the twist in the tale

—— Observer

Brilliant... Hadley's style is as discreet as good tailoring

—— Independent

The stories sparkle...Hadley is fascinating for the way she admits a fantasy or a missed chance can be more significant than the actual events that shape a life

—— Metro

Tessa Hadley excels in glimpses: those small, burning memories that we never lose and which haunt as well as remind... A wonderful collection

—— Brian Henigan , Herald

A wholly satisfying collection of stories...Distinguished by a dry humour and prose that often surprises but is never merely showy, Sunstroke catches life on the wing and pins it, fiercely struggling to the page

—— Peter Parker , Sunday Times

A brooding, real-life collection bruised by knowledge and sustained by familiar discomfort

—— Eileen Battersby , Irish Times

Really very sexy... she is the writer we didn't know we were waiting for, until she arrived

—— Anne Enright , Guardian

Hadley is a talented writer

—— Scotland on Sunday

In Sunstroke nothing is stable or predictable... These wonderfully elegant but rather unsettling stories may be set within the confines of the home, but they are not cosy

—— Clare Staunton , Time Out, Book of the Week

Absorbing and slyly revelatory

—— Hepzibah Anderson , Daily Mail

Provocative… Moshfegh presents characters who evince a flinching disgust for bodily functions and human intimacy. There’s no shortage of colourful sociopaths here… The stories draw a picture of an America that has lost its way, a bigoted, insular nation in the grip of an obesity epidemic... It’s a bracing, brilliant collection.

—— Jude Cook , Literary Review

Moshfegh’s style is a blend of nihilism and drollery that feels hyper-contemporary in its relentless sassiness, moving in the same breath from biting human observation to casual one liners about anal sex.

—— Tom Fleming , The Spectator

Efforts to contrive a sensationalist buzz around the author are not surprising. But Moshfegh needs no extra edge. Her works make enough of an impression, and they are exceptional: dark, violent and grotesquely intelligent. This new story collection, Homesick for Another World, is probably her most accomplished work to date, and it does not scrimp on obscenity, on esoteric rituals, or on harsh, uncomfortable realities… These stories paint a stunningly unique picture of contemporary disenchantment that goes beyond glassy-eyed millennial ennui.

—— Gill Moore , Totally Dublin

There’s something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh’s stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny… Homesick for Another World is a master class in the varieties of self-deception across the gamut of individuals representing the human condition. But part of the unique quality of her voice, the echt Moshfeghian experience, is the way the grotesque and the outrageous are infused with tenderness and compassion. Moshfegh is our Flannery O’Connor, and Homesick for Another World is her Everything That Rises Must Converge or A Good Man is Hard to Find… The dark energy surging through these stories is powerfully invigorating.

—— Victoria Sadler

Moshfegh’s stories are sharp, dark and often horribly funny.

—— James Marriott , The Times
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