A Guide To Berlin

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Vintage Books Australia
Publisher Place: North Sydney
Publisher Year: 2015
Edition: First Edition

Description: 262 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: “A Guide to Berlin is the name of a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1925, when he was a young man of 26, living in Berlin. A group of six international travellers, two Italians, two Japanese, an American and an Australian, meet in empty apartments in Berlin to share stories and memories. Each is enthralled in some way to the work of Vladimir Nabokov, and each is finding their way in deep winter in a haunted city. A moment of devastating violence shatters the group, and changes the direction of everyones story. Brave and brilliant, A Guide to Berlin traces the strength and fragility of our connections through biographies and secrets. Read Caroline Baums Review Named after a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1925 when he was a young man, this enigmatic novel brings together six international visitors to midwinter Berlin who meet in city apartments to share stories about their lives and their love of the great Russian author. The newest member of their group is a young Australian woman, Cass, who is tentative and unsure about these encounters (Jones wrote the novel while on a residency in Berlin and the book is suffused with observations of the city that feel very personal). A cool, cerebral and intriguing exploration of the impact of past events and of the slender threads that bind us.

ISBN: 9780857988157