Pale fire
a novel
1st Vintage international ed.
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Publication
1989 - Vintage Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
78,750 words, Guess
Page Count
315 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2061016M
- ISBN-100679723420
- OCLC Control Number19130785
- Internet Archivepalefirenovel0000nabo
- Library of Congress Control Number88040532
and 3 more
- LibraryThing7714
- Goodreads499933
- WikidataQ126453626
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3527.A15 P3 1989
- LCCPS3527.A15P3 1989
Description
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.
Description
Nabokov's parody, half poem and half commentary on the poem, deals with the escapades of the deposed king of Zemala in a New England college town.
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Series Statement
- Vintage international
Other Editions
- Pale fire: a novel
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