Pale fire

A brief about the novel Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov, translated by Mohamed Jaleed. The novel was first published in 1962. The novel was presented as a poem consisting of 999 lines. The novel has sparked various wide interpretations and a large collection of written criticisms, which the Finnish literary researcher Peka Tami estimated in 1995 to be more than 80 studies. Describing Nabokov's work, the specialist Brian Boyd called Pale Fire Nabokov's most complete novel, and it was described by critic Harold Bloom as "the most certain proof of his genius, this meticulous and distinctive achievement." Pale Fire was also ranked 53rd in the list of the 100 best novels in the modern plan and the first in the list of American literary critic Larry McCaffrey's greatest works of the twentieth century: 100 fictional books in English.