Cloud, Castle, Lake

A collection of five short stories from [b:The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov 8146 The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1388330159s/8146.jpg 672041], published as a Penguin 70.The five stories are loosely themed around Russians living abroad - Germany or America.This book has a high star rating (just under 4), and perhaps this effected my expectations, because reviewers loved this!These stories just didn't work for me. Some I just didn't understand the point of: A Russian Beauty, and Signs and Symbols. Some I found pointless or uninteresting: Cloud, Castle, Lake and The Admiralty Spire. Razor was amusing, but at 6 pages long, didn't justify my reading this book!Maybe there is something deep, philosophical, or intellectual that I just missed. Can't be persuaded it rates higher than a 2 for me.