NABOKOV

There is a way in which Nabokov writes that follows the idea of polyphony in the way that the narrator seems to be absent from all the events in the story.  The narrator acts as more of a figure to describe the actions of the characters who themselves hold more power in the "conversation" between the two. This is to say that the characters do more then the narrator ever could.  this follows the ideas of polyphony because it creates a distance to the reader because we become more of an spectator than a traveler along the journey of the story.  This point is emphasized in the portion where Natasha and Wolfe are telling each other the imaginative stories that they want to impress with.  they take the reader out the equation by having this conversation and holding back information much unlike most characters would.  Most of the time we would be told more information by the narrator but because of this distance we are in the hands of the characters.