Nabokov's Dozen: Thirteen Stories By Vladimir Nabokov

Nabokov's Dozen: Thirteen Stories By Vladimir NabokovThirteen 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 repetition, and frustrations lurk in all the corners. In others, elusive glimpses of fleeting happiness, which flutter away before they can be snatched, waylay their victims. Like the shimmer of the sea, the gleam

abrasive detective from The Secret Place

and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules

they are told they must spend one year together to qualify for initiation

the author leads the way to consulting the I Ching for clarity and guidance in times of confusion and crisis

nourishing (samana)

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Shaolin kung fu

But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild

and the stories we tell along the way

or keep believing the lies

widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne

Chronicled by a learned maester of the Citadel