{"product_id":"anatomy-of-a-short-story-nabokovs-puzzles-codes-signs-and-symbols-9781441142634","title":"Anatomy of a Short Story: Nabokov's Puzzles, Codes, \"Signs and Symbols\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yuri Leving\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 1948, one of Vladimir Nabokov's shortest short stories, \"Signs and Symbols,\" has generated perhaps more interpretations and critical appraisal than any other that he wrote. It has been called \"one of the greatest short stories ever written\" and \"a triumph of economy and force, minute realism and shimmering mystery\" (Brian Boyd, \u003ci\u003eVladimir Nabokov: The American Years\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Short Story \u003c\/i\u003econtains: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- the full text of \"Signs and Symbols,\" line numbered and referenced throughout \u003cbr\u003e- correspondence about the story, most of it never before published, between Nabokov and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where the story was first published\u003cbr\u003e- 33 essays of literary criticism, bringing together classic essays and new interpretations\u003cbr\u003e- a round-table discussion in which a screenwriter, a theater scholar, a mathematician, a psychiatrist, and a literary scholar bring their perspectives to bear on \"Signs and Symbols\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Short Story \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates the ways in which we interpret fiction, and the short story in particular.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082187858071,"sku":"9781441142634","price":4999.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781441142634.webp?v=1767263075","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/anatomy-of-a-short-story-nabokovs-puzzles-codes-signs-and-symbols-9781441142634","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}