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Vladimir Nabokov

Pale Fire

Pale Fire

A 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov, structured as a 999-line poem with a foreword and lengthy commentary by a fictional academic.

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  • travis duong
    travis duongFirst to rec

    “satirical and amusing in ways that continue baffle me.”

    3
  • Maddy
    Maddy

    “Oh, this book! Metafiction woven through a forward, poem, and annotations. It becomes increasingly unhinged and puzzle-like as you go on. There's no wrong way to read it. Pick it up and be hypnotized.”

    4

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