Blednyĭ ogonʹ

by Vladimir Nabokov

301 pages

Russian language

Published July 15, 1983 by Ardis.

ISBN:: 978-0-88233-602-2

(1 review)

A 999 line poem in heroic couplets, divided into 4 cantos, was composed--according to Nabokov's fiction--by John Francis Shade, an obsessively methodical man, during the last 20 days of his life.

37 editions

loppear reviewed Pale fire by Vladimir Nabokov (Everyman's library)

Wish for more layers of wrinkles

4 stars

Absurdly wonderful, manipulative without being a mystery, adventurous and so mundane.

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