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A Guide to Berlin

A Guide to Berlin( )
Author: Jones, Gail
ISBN:978-0-85798-815-7
Publication Date:Aug 2015
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Vintage
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $32.99
Book 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...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / City Life
Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.3 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm
Book Weight:0.344 Kilograms
Author Biography
Jones, Gail (Author)
Gail Jones was born in 1955 in Harvey, Australia. She was educated at the University of Western Australia. She is Professor of Writing in the Writing and Society Research School at the University of Western Australia. She is the author of two short-story collections, and a critical monograph. Her novels include Black Mirror, Sixty Lights, Dreams of Speaking, Sorry, and A Guide to Berlin, which won the 2016 Colin Roderick Award and the HT Priestley Medal.

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