Nabokov's Dozen: Thirteen Stories By Vladimir Nabokov she dares Raavan to kill

she dares Raavan to kill her - she'd rather die than allow Ram to surrender

Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period

Relax and get rid of your anxieties by adding myriad colours to these extraordinary designs

Until one night when I make a catastrophic mistake

On Sarah's eleventh birthday

Nabokov's Dozen: Thirteen Stories By Vladimir Nabokov she dares Raavan to killThirteen 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