Literary
Classics
Poetry
Mystery
1945
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Published in Spanish as Pálido fuego
The American poet John Shade is dead. His last poem, 'Pale Fire', is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote.
What it is
A story hidden inside another · a cozy mystery, no gore
What happens in it
Unreliable narrator
Story within a story
Books about books
How it feels
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you enjoy not trusting who's telling it
- you love books about books
- you like fitting the pieces of a mystery together
Maybe not if…
- you read in bed right before sleeping
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