Pale Fire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pale_Fire
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:theatre
gptkbp:author gptkb:Vladimir_Nabokov
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Time_100_Best_English-language_Novels_(1923–2005)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:coverArtist gptkb:Milton_Glaser
gptkbp:genre postmodern literature
metafiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pale Fire
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Joyce
modernist literature
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-679-72399-7
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literarySignificance considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:John_Shade
gptkbp:narrator gptkb:Charles_Kinbote
gptkbp:notableFor complex narrative structure
unreliable narrator
interplay between fiction and reality
gptkbp:pages 315
gptkbp:poemLength 999 lines
gptkbp:publicationDate 1962
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:G.P._Putnam's_Sons
gptkbp:setting gptkb:fictional_town_of_New_Wye
gptkbp:structure poem with commentary
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vladimir_Nabokov
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5