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- Collection: A Guide to Nabokov's "A Guide to Berlin"
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"A Guide to Berlin" (1925) by Vladimir Nabokov
"A Guide to Berlin" is a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1925 in Berlin. The first English translation was published inThe New Yorkeron March 1, 1976.
"Berlin: Asphaltarbeiter von oben / 20. Juli 1934"
Construction workers in Berlin, view from above
"Berlin: Zug der großen Berliner Straßenbahn / 1924"
Berlin Streetcar (Grosse Berliner Strassenbahn), 1924
"Löwenbräu" Pub, Berlin, 1929
"Löwenbräu" Pub at Charlottenstrasse 50 in Berlin, where the narrator of the story "A Guide to Berlin" meets his friend
Возвращенiе Чорба, 1st Edition, 1929. Cover.
В. Сиринъ, Возвращенiе Чорба, First Edition, Berlin: Slovo, 1929."A Guide to Berlin" was first published in book form as part of this collection.
A baker on a bike
A baker on a bike in the streets of Berlin, around 1937. Screenshots from Leo de Laforgue's film Berlin wie es war
A butcher shop in Berlin, 1930s
The window display of a butcher's shop in Lietzenburger Straße, Berlin, 1930s
A postman collecting mail in the streets of Berlin
A postman collects mail in a Berlin street, 1924
His car (in the foreground) is an electric "Mollmobil"
His car (in the foreground) is an electric "Mollmobil"
A van transporting bottles
A van of Schlossbrauerei (castle brewery) transporting bottles
Berlin Streetcar, 1920
Hawa-Triebwagen (TF 20/29), Berliner Verkehrs-AG (BVG), 1920