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Hey y'all, I just finished Pale Fire, and really enjoyed it. However, I don't really know anyone who's read it, so I can't get a gauge on what other people think of it. Basically, what does /lit/ think about Pale Fire?
>tl;dr Pale Fire, y/n and why?

>> No.6178316

>>6178307
Yeah it's pretty good book good stuff yeah nabocorn p good yeah cowboy texas good yeah y'all thanks for asking partner yeah it's good

>> No.6178323

>>6178307
It was pretty good, I remember reading it pretty early after I got back into reading and finding it clever, but the novelty of the idea wears off after a while. I didn't really know how to read it I guess.
Oh and anyone mind explaining the whole crown jewels theory that always comes up when people talk about this book? And don't post the archived thread, you know which one, it's a bit of a clusterfuck.

>> No.6178338

>>6178323
I feel similar. I don't understand how people like it as much as they do. The story is not very interesting just the style of presentation.

>> No.6178343

>>6178307
i think it's nabokov's most interesting work and u dont really care much for his work and i've read a lot of it

>> No.6178345

The first time I read it I found the prose to be as beautiful as any of nabokov's, albeit a bit long-winded or downright tedious in spots.

The second time I read it, it struck me as one of the funniest novels I've ever read. The key to the humor is interpreting the narrator as an utterly insane closeted homosexual middle age man who has confabulated an entire imaginary nation of which he is the exiled king

>> No.6178554

>>6178323
The crOwn jewelS are in Kobaltana. Where is the problem?

>> No.6178809

>>6178554
The problem is how you presume to know. The archived thread is not clear on explaining it.
Also the anon in that thread made a super big deal about the crown jewels thing, and I wasn't sure if it was bullshit or actually true.

>> No.6178831

It's a book I greatly enjoyed reading and wish to revisit. That's about as much depth as I can offer so long after the fact.

>> No.6178838

It's flawless. The definitive perfect work of literature

>> No.6178841

i read it when i was like seventeen, thought it was fun. didn't pick up on any botkin whatsoever

>> No.6178844

>>6178345
That's literally just the plot. How did you not get that the first time

>> No.6178848

If you want to watch someone masturbate for 10 hours, just go to xhamster

>> No.6180663

I personally really enjoyed it, it's not exactly a difficult read, but more involved than Lolita. There are definitely entries that could have been left out though.

>> No.6180731
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6180731

>postmodern

>> No.6180742

>>6180731
>anime

>> No.6180745

A remarkable work and the best demonstration of Nabokov's genius.

>> No.6180753

>>6180745
>not Ada or Ardor

I feel like Nabokov is a lot like Faulkner. Gets known widely known for a lesser work with a much more controversial subject matter that the public flaps over for decades (Sanctuary)

>> No.6180763

>>6180753
Ada is much more controversial than Lolita.

>> No.6181175

>>6178307
My theory is that Kinbote wasn't real and was constructed by Shade to be an external praiser/critic of the poem.

>> No.6181976

>>6178809
Look at the Index. 'Crown jewels' leads zo tayin ( russian for hiding place). Nabokov said in an interview that the jewels are at their hiding place. And he used the russian word for it.