Pale Fire
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4.4 • 19 Ratings
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- £1.99
Publisher Description
A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor.
Customer Reviews
Awe-inspiring!
Tip: make sure to read the Foreword first, and click on the blue notes as you go along (or at the end of a sentence or so) or it won’t make a blind bit of sense!
Once I got my head around the complex conceit of the book, I was absolutely hooked. Even now I’m not ‘sure’ about the protagonist: you’re left guessing throughout. It’s gorgeously written and constructed; I’m so glad a friend recommended it. Enjoy!
What no index?
This amazing novel, which is like a Sherlock Holmes’s of close reading is an intricate labyrinth of clues and readings which are vital for us to assess the reliability of the crazy narrators notes. However, for some strange reason, this edition on here has NO INDEX, which is central to the clues about who Kimbote is!! Therefore seriously flawed! Very disappointing.