Pale Fire
Nabokov's experimental novel consists of a 999-line poem and an extensive commentary by a possibly mad scholar. Through unreliable narration, interpretation, and literary games, it explores the nature of art, madness, and the relationship between text and reader. The work is a brilliant metafictional puzzle.
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