Бледный огонь

"Blednyĭ ogonʹ" (1962) - samoe neobychnoe po forme proizvedenie Vladimira Nabokova, sostoi͡ashchee iz ėpigrafa, odnoimennoĭ poėmy v 999 strok, predislovii͡a k neĭ, obshirnogo kommentarii͡a i ukazateli͡a. Obstoi͡atelʹstva sochinenii͡a Dzhonom Sheĭdom genialʹnoĭ poėmy v poslednie nedeli ego zhizni prelomli͡ai͡utsi͡a v fantasticheskoĭ prizme kommentarii͡a, sostavlennogo zagadochnym i odinokim poklonnikom amerikanskogo poėta Charlʹzom Kinbotom, napolni͡ai͡ushchim mir "Blednogo ogni͡a" sobstvennym tvorcheskim opytom, vospominanii͡ami i strakhami. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii roman pechataetsi͡a v perevode Very Nabokovoĭ.

Pale Fire (1962) is Vladimir Nabokov's most unusual work in form, consisting of an epigraph, a 999—line poem of the same name, a preface to it, an extensive commentary and an index. The circumstances of John Shade's composition of a brilliant poem in the last weeks of his life are refracted through the fantastic prism of a commentary compiled by a mysterious and lonely admirer of the American poet, Charles Kinbot, who fills the world of Pale Fire with his own creative experiences, memories and fears. In this edition, the novel is published in the translation by Vera Nabokova.