Pale Fire

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The renowned American poet John Shade was murdered in 1959. This book presents his final poem, *Pale Fire*, along with a foreword, extensive commentary, and notes by his editor, Charles Kinbote. Known as the “Great Beaver,” Kinbote is portrayed as haughty, inquisitive, and intolerant, prompting questions about his sanity and even his capacity for violence. His eccentric annotations, veering into the personal, may reveal more than intended about his relationship with Shade.

About the Author

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even ‘God’s own novelist’ (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works – novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews – are published in Penguin Modern Classics.

Classic Fiction
Literature & Fiction
9780141185262 ISBN
Vladimir Nabokov Book Author