Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

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Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

'Such a beautiful and mysterious book' Zadie Smith Nabokov's 999-line poem written by the reclusive genius John Shade
VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH NABOKOV was born on 23 April 1899, in St Petersburg, Russia, the elder son of an aristocratic, cultured, politically liberal family. As a young man, he studied Slavic and romance languages at Cambridge. Between 1923 and 1940, he published novels, short stories, plays, poems and translations in the Russian language. In 1940 he, his wife and son moved to America, where he taught at Wellesley, Harvard and Cornell. His best-known novel, Lolita, brought him worldwide fame. In 1973 he was awarded the American National Medal for Literature. He died in 1977 in Montreux, Switzerland.
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ISBN 13 9781474620871
ISBN 10 1474620876
Title Pale Fire
Author Vladimir Nabokov
Series W And N Essentials
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2024-05-30
Number of pages 272
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