BOOK REVIEW: Nabokovian night of the soul
12 January 2016 - 11:19
A guide to Berlin takes its title from a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1925, when he was 26 years old and living in the German capital. In it, a man relates to his companion the five themes that make up his guide to the city - Pipes, The Streetcar, Work, Eden (Berlin Zoo) and The Pub - ordinary topics that, in a strictly Nabokovian flourish, are made exceptional and meaningful.
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