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A Guide to Berlin" (original Russian title "Путеводитель по Берлину") is a 1925 short text by Vladimir Nabokov. Rather than a guide to the city, it is a partly fictional, partly autobiographical text documenting a series of anecdotal images that serve as metaphors. [ 1 ]
Vladimir's family had fled to Finland after the Russian Revolution of 1917. His family left Finland in 1920, [2] moving to Coburg, Germany. On 8 August 1922 Vladimir's father declared himself Curator of the Russian throne. Two years later on 31 August 1924 his father went a step further and assumed the title Emperor and Autocrat of all the ...
Nabokov's Dozen (1958) a collection of 13 short stories by Vladimir Nabokov previously published in American magazines. [1] Nine of them also previously appeared in Nine Stories. All were later reprinted within The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov. Two stories, First Love (as Colette) and Mademoiselle O are also included in Nabokov's Speak, Memory.
Spring in Fialta" is a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1936, originally as Весна в Фиальте (Vesna v Fial'te) in Russian, during his exile in Berlin. The English translation was performed by Nabokov and Peter Pertzov. Spring in Fialta is included in Nine Stories and Nabokov's Dozen.
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Vladimir Dimitrievich Dudintsev (Russian: Влади́мир Дми́триевич Дуди́нцев, Ukrainian: Володимир Дмитрович Дудинцев; 29 July 1918 – 23 July 1998) was a Soviet writer who gained fame for his 1956 novel, Not by Bread Alone, published at the time of the Khrushchev Thaw.
1 Life. 2 References. 3 External links. Toggle the table of contents. Vladimir Dragomirov. ... Vladimir Mikhailovich Dragomirov (February 7, 1867 – January 29, 1928
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