ISBN: 9780679410775

The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, and the ironic amusement he cultivated in response to being uprooted and politically exiled twice in his li… More...

The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, and the ironic amusement he cultivated in response to being uprooted and politically exiled twice in his life, never found fuller expression than in Pale Fire published in 1962 after the critical and popular success of Lolita had made him an international literary figure. An ingeniously constructed parody of detective fiction and learned commentary, Pale Fire offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures, at the center 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 Richard Rorty. Trade Books>Hardcover>Fiction>Fiction>Classics, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Core >2<

1992, ISBN: 0679410775

[EAN: 9780679410775], Neubuch, [SC: 21.36], [PU: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group], LITERATURE - CLASSICS CRITICISM FICTION LITERARY ABSURDIST DETECTIVE NOVELS BOOKS PARODY PARODIES LOLIT… More...

[EAN: 9780679410775], Neubuch, [SC: 21.36], [PU: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group], LITERATURE - CLASSICS CRITICISM FICTION LITERARY ABSURDIST DETECTIVE NOVELS BOOKS PARODY PARODIES LOLITA EXILE POLITICAL POLITICS IRONY ABSURDISM HISTORICAL RICHARD RORTY NABOKOV VINTAGE FIRE GIFTS, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH NABOKOV was born on April 23, 1899, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Nabokovs were known for their high culture and commitment to public service, and the elder Nabokov was an outspoken opponent of antisemitism and one of the lead., Books<

1992, ISBN: 0679410775

[EAN: 9780679410775], Neubuch, [PU: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group], LITERATURE - CLASSICS CRITICISM FICTION LITERARY ABSURDIST DETECTIVE NOVELS BOOKS PARODY PARODIES LOLITA EXILE POLIT… More...

[EAN: 9780679410775], Neubuch, [PU: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group], LITERATURE - CLASSICS CRITICISM FICTION LITERARY ABSURDIST DETECTIVE NOVELS BOOKS PARODY PARODIES LOLITA EXILE POLITICAL POLITICS IRONY ABSURDISM HISTORICAL RICHARD RORTY NABOKOV VINTAGE FIRE GIFTS, VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH NABOKOV was born on April 23, 1899, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Nabokovs were known for their high culture and commitment to public service, and the elder Nabokov was an outspoken opponent of antisemitism and one of the lead., Books<

1992, ISBN: 0679410775

[EAN: 9780679410775], Neubuch, [SC: 5.8], [PU: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1992-03-10, New York], Language: ENG, Books