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Pale Fire

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few weeks ago
Wow. I have to say that through a large part of the book the plot seemed to lack any direction whatsoever. It ended up being VERY interesting, however, in terms of style, format and plot. Highly recommended.
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few weeks ago
I gave this book to my stepmother and she said don't ever give me some shit like that again as if she had no idea what the hell had just happened to her, and I totally understood how she feel. I read Pale Fire in first year college english seminar "ouch"! I didn't know what I was getting into. It sat on my shelves for months after that until one day I picked it up again and...more
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few weeks ago
Gloriously other. Is it a satire of the literary life, or a tale told by a madman? Anyway, it is an amazing work - a demonstration of the many very beautiful and otherworldly games that the mind can play with words.
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few weeks ago
quirky, interesting, odd agglomeration of romance and postmodernism. If you read nabokov's other poetry you'll see that there is more of john shade in nabokov than nabokovians think!!
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few weeks ago
it took me forever to read this book, my main interest in it stemming from nabokov's signature lush prose, rather than any sort of plot-related intrigue. it's of course stunning, but surprisingly not that interesting: you know everything that's going to happen from the very beginning. still, worth a read, although "lolita" was for me far superior.
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few weeks ago
Six years later, I still want to slap that narrator. Ugh.
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few weeks ago
reprenons la liste : Trois contes de Flaubert, Chronique d'une mort annoncée de Marquez, Fictions de Borgès, Noces de Camus, Feu pâle de Nabokov . Donc ? A quand la définition de la nouvelle littéraire à partir d'une étude historique en littérature comparée de ces oeuvres-Là ??
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few weeks ago
A romp : )
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few weeks ago
My absolute favorite Nabakov.
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few weeks ago
Think I found the major theme in NAbokov's writing
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  • ISBN-10: 0399504583
  • ISBN-13: 9780399504587
  • ISBN-10: 0425093220
  • ISBN-13: 9780425093221
  • ISBN-10: 0679410775
  • ISBN-13: 9780679410775
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