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| Author | Gail Jones |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Set in | Berlin |
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
Publication date | 2015 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Awards | Colin Roderick Award |
A Guide to Berlin is a 2015 novel by Australian author Gail Jones. With the same name as Vladimir Nabokov's short story A Guide to Berlin, Jones' novel follows the main character, a young Australian woman named Cass, as she travels to Berlin and meets with five other travellers in the city. The six members form a literary group, all inspired at one point in their lives by Nabokov's life and works, and share their personal stories which they call speak-memories. Towards the end of the novel, a moment of violence within the group changes the direction and tone of the story.