Pale Fire: With an Introduction by Mary Gaitskill by Vladimir Nabokov Paperback

Description: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov Such a beautiful and mysterious book Zadie SmithNabokovs 999-line poem written by the reclusive genius John Shade FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description One of the greatest books Ive ever read. Its heart is strange, but it is huge; let yours beat in response MARY GAITSKILLPale Fire, a 999-line poem, is the final work of the celebrated - and recently murdered - American author, John Francis Shade.Here that poem is transcribed, introduced and annotated (at length) by Shades fellow scholar, neighbour and apparent friend, Charles Kinbote.Approaching this task with gusto, Kinbotes annotations reveal conclusive evidence of his own impact on Shade, disguised references to the northern land of Zembla, which he may or may not have once ruled over, and fuel for his many preoccupations and paranoia.And - as his annotations become more desperate, more deluded, more deranged - Kinbote unintentionally sheds new light on the poets last days and the pairs glorious friendship.A murder mystery, a work of wild invention, a reimagining of what the novel can do, a piece of exquisite comedy, Pale Fire is widely regarded as Nabokovs masterpiece and one of the most brilliant novels ever written.A W&N Essential with an introduction from Mary Gaitskill Author Biography VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH NABOKOV was born on 23 April 1899, in St Petersburg, Russia, the elder son of an aristocratic, cultured, politically liberal family. As a young man, he studied Slavic and romance languages at Cambridge. Between 1923 and 1940, he published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian language. In 1940 he, his wife and son moved to America, where he taught at Wellesley, Harvard and Cornell. His best-known novel, Lolita, brought him worldwide fame. In 1973 he was awarded the American National Medal for Literature. He died in 1977 in Montreux, Switzerland. Long Description A jack-in-the-box, a Faberge gem, a clockwork toy, a chess problem, an infernal machine, a trap to catch reviewers, a cat-and-mouse game, a do-it-yourself novel . . . one of the great works of art of [the 20th] century Mary McCarthy Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically John Updike Phenomenally clever and very funny William Boyd The surest demonstration of his own genius . . . that remarkable tour de force Harold Bloom I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff - and I Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky. An ingeniously constructed parody of detective fiction and learned commentary, Pale Fire offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures, at the centre of which is a 999-line poem written by the literary genius John Shade just before his death. Surrounding the poem is a foreword and commentary by the demented scholar Charles Kinbote, who interweaves adoring literary analysis with the fantastical tale of an assassin from the land of Zembla in pursuit of a deposed king. Brilliantly constructed and wildly inventive, this darkly witty novel of suspense, literary one-upmanship, and political intrigue achieves that rarest of things in literature - perfect tragicomic balance. With an introduction by Mary Gaitskill A W&N Essential Promotional "Headline" Such a beautiful and mysterious book Zadie Smith Nabokovs 999-line poem written by the reclusive genius John Shade Details ISBN1474620876 Author Vladimir Nabokov Publisher Orion Publishing Co ISBN-10 1474620876 ISBN-13 9781474620871 Format Paperback Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle With an Introduction by Mary Gaitskill Year 2024 Publication Date 2024-05-30 UK Release Date 2024-05-30 Series W&N Essentials DEWEY 813.54 Audience General Pages 272 NZ Release Date 2024-08-19 AU Release Date 2024-08-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160112621;

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