Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov • Vintage • ISBN-13 978‑0307787651

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Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov • Vintage

ISBN-10: 0307787656 · ISBN-13: 978‑0307787651 · 2011 · Reprint Edition

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Pale Fire is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, presented as a 999-line poem written by the fictional poet John Shade, with a foreword and lengthy commentary by Shade's neighbor and academic colleague, Charles Kinbote. The novel is a complex interplay of narrative and commentary, exploring themes of obsession, identity, and the nature of art.

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Publisher: Vintage
PaperbackReprint Edition2011
Pages: 320Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

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Author: Vladimir Nabokov

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Inferred: 20th Century LiteratureInferred: American LiteratureInferred: CriticismInferred: Postmodernism

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Influences: James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Franz KafkaInfluence on: David Foster Wallace, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLilloCornerstone of: Postmodern Literature

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