Бледный огонь

"Bledniei ogon" (1962) — samoe neobiechnoe po forme proizvedenie Vladimira Nabokova, sostoiashee iz epigrafa, odnoimennoi poemie v 999 strok, predisloviia k nei, obshirnogo kommentariia i ukazatelia. Obstoiatelstva sochineniia Djonom Sheidom genialnoi poemie v poslednie nedeli ego jizni prelomliautsia v fantasticheskoi prizme kommentariia, sostavlennogo zagadochniem i odinokim poklonnikom amerikanskogo poeta Charlzom Kinbotom, napolniaushim mir "Blednogo ognia" sobstvenniem tvorcheskim opietom, vospominaniiami i strahami. V nastoiashem izdanii roman pechataetsia v perevode Verie Nabokovoi.

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.