微暗的火（纳博科夫) Pale Fire With an Introduction by Mary Gaitskill

基本信息

Series:W&N Essentials

Format:Paperback / softback 256 pages

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson

ISBN:9781474620871

Published:30 May 2024

Weight:41g

Dimensions:198 x 129 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“我读过的伟大的书之一。 其心虽奇特，却巨大； 让你的节奏来回应”玛丽·盖茨基尔

《微暗的火》是一篇999 行的诗，是出名但近期被谋杀的美国作家约翰·弗朗西斯·谢德的一部作品。

在此，这篇诗由谢德的学者同事、邻居和表面上的朋友查尔斯·金波特 (Charles Kinbote) 抄录、介绍和注释（详细）。

金波特满怀热情地完成这项任务，他的注释揭示了他自己对谢德的影响的确凿证据，隐晦地提到了他可能曾经统治过、也可能没有统治过的赞布拉北部土地，并助长了他的许多专注和偏执。

而且，随着他的注释变得更加绝望、更加迷惑、更加疯狂，金波特无意中为诗人的临终日子和两人的“光荣友谊”提供了新的线索。

《微暗的火》是一部谋杀之谜、一部疯狂的发明作品、一部对小说功能的重新想象、一部精致的喜剧，被广泛认为是纳博科夫的杰作和有史以来辉煌的小说之一。

'One of the greatest books I've ever read. Its heart is strange, but it is huge; let yours beat in response' MARY GAITSKILL

Pale Fire, a 999-line poem, is the final work of the celebrated - and recently murdered - American author, John Francis Shade.

Here that poem is transcribed, introduced and annotated (at length) by Shade's fellow scholar, neighbour and apparent friend, Charles Kinbote.

Approaching this task with gusto, Kinbote's annotations reveal conclusive evidence of his own impact on Shade, disguised references to the northern land of Zembla, which he may or may not have once ruled over, and fuel for his many preoccupations and paranoia.

And - as his annotations become more desperate, more deluded, more deranged - Kinbote unintentionally sheds new light on the poet's last days and the pair's 'glorious friendship'.

A murder mystery, a work of wild invention, a reimagining of what the novel can do, a piece of exquisite comedy, Pale Fire is widely regarded as Nabokov's masterpiece and one of the most brilliant novels ever written.

作者简介

弗拉基米尔·弗拉基米罗维奇·纳博科夫 1899 年 4 月 23 日出生于俄罗斯圣彼得堡，是一个有教养、政治自由的贵族家庭的长子。 年轻时，他在剑桥学习斯拉夫语和罗曼语。 1923年至1940年间，他用俄语出版了长篇小说、短篇小说、戏剧、诗歌和译作。 1940 年，他与妻子和儿子移居美国，在韦尔斯利、哈佛大学和康奈尔大学任教。 他出名的小说《洛丽塔》使他享誉世界。 1973年，他被授予美国国家文学奖章。 1977 年他在瑞士蒙特勒去世。

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.