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Pale Fire

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A non-linear novel by Nabokov that the poster attempted and failed to finish multiple times despite admiring the prose

Mentions (6)
"After trying and failing to make it through Nabokov's Pale Fire for the umpteenth time (I adore his prose but I'm a brainlet and just want to read a linear story) I went and picked up Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart"
What're we reading? · u/syzygys_ · ↑58 · 2020-11-27
"currently reading pale fire by vladimir nabokov. *LOVING IT*."
few books I read in past few weeks · ephemeralComment · ↑45 · 2023-07-13
"I mentioned Pnin and Pale Fire etc etc, I mentioned his beautiful prose, I talk about how his synesthetic prose invokes a sort of ekphrasis. Anyway, there was no pleading the sentence Her zoomer mind had associated Nabakov with pederaats qua Lolita. No mention of his influence on Wallace could save "
Zoomed ghosted me for liking Nabokov · u/ru-fus-tee-fire-fly · ↑29 · 2025-06-27
"After trying and failing to make it through Nabokov's Pale Fire for the umpteenth time"
What're we reading? · u/syzygys_ · ↑58 · 2020-11-27
"I mentioned Pnin and Pale Fire etc etc, I mentioned his beautiful prose"
Zoomed ghosted me for liking Nabokov · u/ru-fus-tee-fire-fly · ↑29 · 2025-06-27
"I read pale fire by Vladimir nabokov and it went way over my head."
what classic books would you recommend beginners · u/ethereal9000 · ↑24 · 2022-12-08
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