Spring in Fialta and other stories (Весна в Фиальте и другие рассказы; "Vesna v Fialʹte i drugie rasskazy") is a collection of short stories by the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov. The collection contains 14 short stories written between 1931 and 1940.^[1] It was originally planned to be published in 1939 in Paris; however, due to the approach of World War II, it became an abandoned project.^[2]

The collection was first published in Russian in 1956 by the Chekhov Publishing House in New York.

Contents

• Весна в Фиальте (Vesna v Fial'te); English translation: Spring in Fialta (1936)
• Круг (Krug); English translation: The Circle (1934)
• Королек (Korolek); English translation: The Leonardo (1939)
• Тяжолый дым (Tyazhyolyy dym); English translation: Torpid Smoke (1935)
• Памяти Л.И. Шигаева (Pamyati L.I. Shigaeva); English translation: In the Memory of L.I. Shigaeva (1934)
• Посещение музея (Poseshchenie muzeya); English translation: The Visit to the Museum (1931)
• Набор (Nabor); English translation: Recruiting (1935)
• Лик (Lik); English translation: Lik (1939)
• Истребление тиранов (Istreblenie tiranov); English translation: Tyrants Destroyed (1938)
• Василий Шишков (Vasiliy Shishkov); English translation: Vasiliy Shishkov (1939)
• Адмиралтейская игла (Admiralteyskaya igla); English translation: The Admiralty Spire (1933)
• Облако, озеро, башня (Oblako, ozero, bashnya); English translation: Cloud, Castle, Lake (1937)
• Уста к устам (Usta k ustam); English translation: Lips to Lips (1932)
• Ultima Thule (1940)