# The Doorbell

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- Book: [The Doorbell](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabokov/the-doorbell) ([The Doorbell.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabokov/the-doorbell.md))
- Authors: [Vladimir Nabokov](https://www.bookquiver.com/vladimir-nabokov)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-1819-641-7
- Published: 2014-03-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

After multiple postings in various armies, Nikolay Galatov, an itinerant soldier, is living in Berlin. Every now and then he remembers Olga Kind, a woman he left behind in St. Petersburg seven years ago. He decides to go and find her. Filled with teasing plot lines, misrepresentations and narrative traps, The Doorbell is an exploration of character, interaction and awkward suspense. Once again examining the themes of loss, separation and exile, Vladimir Nabokov weaves a tale of unexpected turnings and non-happenings, playing with the conventions of traditional, predictable fiction.