21|11|07 23 november - 19 december 2007 "Nabokov's Addresses" The exhibition is an attempt to collect photographs of the places where V. Nabokov and his family lived abroad from 1919 until the 1970s.
As Nabokov's readers well know, all of his characters, however fantastic, are usually placed by the author in concrete and recognizable surroundings. Thus, the photographs of the Berlin houses remind us of the innumerable pensions and rented apartments where Nabokov's homeless Russian characters lived. Homes in Ithaca form the setting for "Pale Fire" and, partly, for "Lolita".
Not all buildings preserved their original look. After World War II several of the apartment buildings where Nabokov and his family lived in Berlin and the building where Nabokov spent most of his Paris years were rebuilt. However, the homes in Ithaca changed very little with years.
All the photographs were made and donated to the Museum by our selfless friends:
Dr. Daniela Rippl [Germany]
Irene Casenobe [France]
Prof. Akiko Nakata [Japan]
Dmitry Konradt [St. Petersburg]
Elena Kuznetsova [St. Petersburg]
