Pale Fire By Vladimir Nabokov

"The sun is a thief: she lures the sea

and robs it. The moon is a thief:

he steals his silvery light from the sun.

The sea is a thief: it dissolves the moon."

-- PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov

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先有中國梅先生譯本，後有台灣廖女士譯本。

Vladimir Nabokov

"True art is above false honor."
--from Pale Fire (1962)

In Pale Fire Nabokov offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures: a 999-line poem by the reclusive genius John Shade; an adoring foreword and commentary by Shade's self-styled Boswell, Dr. Charles Kinbote; a darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one-upmanship, and political intrigue.