The Man from the USSR: Plays 1927–1938

This book is a collection of plays by Vladimir Nabokov written between 1927 and 1938. The centerpiece is the play “The Man from the USSR,” which gives the volume its title. The works reflect Nabokov’s distinctive style, combining subtle psychological prose with elements of satire and nostalgia for a lost Russia. Written during the author’s period of emigration, the plays explore themes of exile, the search for identity, and the collision of different cultural worlds.