Pale fire

The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty, inquisitive, intolerant, but is he also mad, bad - and even dangerous? As his wildly eccentric annotations slide into the personal and the fantastical, Kinbote reveals perhaps more than he should. Nabokov's darkly witty, richly inventive masterwork…

Low prices on new and used copies of books. 30 days return policy - 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

Vladimir Nabokov - Pale Fire

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

Signed copy of Nabokov's "Pale Fire"

Learn how to write a first novel: These 10 do's and don'ts will help you plan and structure your process and avoid common first-time book-writing mistakes.

Pale Fire is a 1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is presented as a 999-line poem titled "Pale Fire", written by the fictional poet John Shade, with a foreword, lengthy commentary and index written by Shade's neighbor and academic colleague, Charles Kinbote. Wikipedia

Samuel Beckett's Endgame Infographic to help you understand everything about the book. Visually learn all about the characters, themes, and Samuel Beckett.