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«Il romanzo più perfetto di Nabokov». (Brian Boyd) «Fuoco pallido è una scatola magica, una gemma di Fabergé, un giocattolo a orologeria, un problema di scacchi, una macchina infernale, una trappola per i critici, un gioco del gatto col topo, un romanzo fai da te. È costituito da un poema di 999 versi divisi in quattro canti in distici eroici, con tanto di prefazione dell'editore, note, indice e correzioni redazionali. Quando le diverse parti vengono assemblate seguendo le indicazioni dell'artefice, e incastrate con l'aiuto di indizi e riferimenti incrociati che devono essere scovati come in una caccia al tesoro, si rivela un romanzo a più livelli, e questi "livelli" non sono i consueti "livelli di significato" della critica modernista, ma piani in uno spazio fittizio, come quelle stanze della memoria nella mnemotecnica medioevale dove parole, fatti e numeri venivano immagazzinati in varie camere e soffitte fino a che non se ne aveva bisogno, o come le case astrologiche in cui erano divisi i cieli». (Mary Mccarthy)
- ISBN: 884593909X
- Casa Editrice: Adelphi
- Pagine: 336
- Data di uscita: 14-06-2024
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A PARODY FIRE I. Foreword With deepest sorrows, I regret to inform everyone to the death of fellow Goodreads reviewer, and my dear friend, s.penkevich. While he may have departed, I, Vincent Kephes, have taken upon myself the burden of collecting his notes and the half-finished reviews that he left be Leggi tutto
I ¹ liked ² this book ³ , especially the poem ⁴. ____________________________________ ¹ When I use the first-person singular pronoun, I am here referring to my normal persona. I have also, at various times, maintained other personas. For example, between 1999 and 2001, I used to play chess regularly on the Leggi tutto
Stop it Nabokov, you're making every other writer on this planet look terrible. This novel, which basically rejects every element and characteristic of our common conceptions of "novels", is a masterpiece of form and structure. It is a book made up entirely of footnotes. In the beginning, we are pres Leggi tutto
“The summer night was starless and stirless, with distant spasms of silent lightning.” ― Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire Do you enjoy reading the poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Lord Byron and William Butler Yates? If so, then Vladimir Nabokov might be your favorite novelist, since this master Leggi tutto
To write an enigmatic and wonderful poem and then to write a book of convoluted and profound commentaries to it – only the genius of Vladimir Nabokov was capable to make this literary feat. I was the shadow of the waxwing slainBy the false azure in the windowpane… Poets and their ideals… Poets and the Leggi tutto
Whenever anyone asks me what's the funniest novel I've ever read I always nominate Pale Fire. I always thought it was my favourite Nabokov but on second reading I'm not so sure this still holds true. It's one of those books that relies heavily on its ingenious surprises and second time round its com Leggi tutto
I loved this, especially as my copy of the book seemed to operate on a meta-meta-meta-meta-level. The book initially appears to be an unfinished poem, 'Pale Fire', by a dead writer named John Shade, together with a foreword, detailed commentary and index by a friend of his, Charles Kinbote. But Kinbot Leggi tutto
My initial strong impression was - Nabokov does not care about his reader. He cares only about his craft, the process of creation and the satisfaction it brings. His ability to squeeze the aesthetic effect from the language is magical. He plays with the words, their musicality - the amount of allite Leggi tutto
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