About the book: 2013 / The novel "Pale Fire" by Vladimir Nabokov, one of the most extraordinary works of the writer, was published in 1962. Coming out of print, Pale Fire immediately came to the attention of American and English critics. Not all of them appreciated the writer’s innovation and discerned behind the complicated form the deep philosophical essence of his work, which reveals the tragedy of the human “I” alienated from the world and explores the problems of the relationship between creative fantasy and madness, fiction and reality, temporary and eternal. However, in spite of everything, this most difficult and opaque work of Nabokov's English language became a bestseller, giving rise over time to many literary studies. In this edition, the novel is published in a translation by Vera Nabokova.