A Guide to Berlin | Nabokov’s Early Fiction: Patterns of Self and Other
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following excerpt, the author offers an interpretation of
the theme of ‘‘A Guide to Berlin,’’ emphasizing
Nabokov’s development of imagery.
Nabokov’s most comprehensive statement about the value of remaining receptive to the everyday flow of life and of establishing channels of communication with external others arises in the unusual sketch entitled ‘‘A Guide to Berlin.’’ Published in December 1925, this sketch is the only one of the period to have an overtly programmatic orientation. While most of the early works revolve around a protagonist’s preoccupation with the absence of a beloved other, this work has a different focus: the relationship of the writer to the outside world and to his potential audience....
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