A Guide to Berlin
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....
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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 f
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ISBN:
9780857988157
Publisher: Random House Australia
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
The writing is good, but Jones pulls her punches. The conflict doesn't go anywhere, the characters don't suffer any consequences for their actions and their doesn't appear to be much exploration of their motivations. In short, nothing much happens, apart from the death of one of the group. Goes nowh...