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Mashenka. A feat.

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This book comprises two autobiographical novels by Vladimir Nabokov, written in Berlin under the pseudonym V. Sirin: "Mashenka" (1926) and "The Feat" (1931). The young émigré Lev Ganin, in a German boarding school, relives the story of his first love, cut short by the Revolution. The power of his creative memory allows him to overcome the physical separation from Mashenka (the prototype for whom was Nabokov's beloved Valentina Shulgina), and the scenes of pre-revolutionary Russia recreated in his imagination prove more significant and vibrant than the present-day scenery surrounding him. "The Feat" takes up the theme of returning home to Russia in a different vein. Reimagining the classic "Bildren's Novel" in the book, Nabokov imbues his touching protagonist with some of his own characteristics and circumstances. A Cambridge graduate with the flowery name Martyn Edelweiss, another Russian refugee abroad, dreams of accomplishing something extraordinary. He travels across Europe, searching in vain for a way to put his abilities to good use. The vague yearning that has always haunted him gradually takes shape, and he resolves to undertake a feat akin to the mythical descent into Hades—to transcend the bounds of possibility and return to his own Russian childhood.
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