Pale Fire

214 pages

English language

Published July 15, 1968 by Berkley Books.

ISBN:
978-0-425-06238-8
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OCLC Number:
12108967

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A 999 line poem in heroic couplets, divided into 4 cantos, was composed--according to Nabokov's fiction--by John Francis Shade, an obsessively methodical man, during the last 20 days of his life.

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Review of 'Pale Fire' on 'Import'

A journey in a novel, twisting and winding and ultimately trudging toward an inevitable conclusion. My brother describe it as "the only book I have ever read that requires two bookmarks", and this is pretty apt. Great fun.

Subjects

  • Kings and rulers
  • Assassination
  • American poetry
  • Fiction