num_pages: 214
description: Nabokov's parody, half poem and half commentary on the poem, deals with the escapades of the deposed king of Zemala in a New England college town
language: English
title: Pale Fire
titlecomplete: Pale Fire
characters: Botkin, Jack Grey, Charles Kinbote, Judge Goldsworth, John Shade, Sybil (Nabokov), Gradus
genres: Russia, Literature, Fiction, Russian Literature, Poetry, Literary Fiction, 20th Century, Novels, American, Classics
ratings_count: 49158
places: Zembla, Cedarn, Utana, New Wye, Appalachia
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Berkley