微暗的火
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov · 初版 1962 年
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为什么值得读
- 结构致密精巧，犹如适合程序员思维的机械谜题
- 运用不可靠叙述者，促使读者主动辨别真伪
- 深刻刻画了令人着迷又发人深省的疯狂执念
根据 Nabokov 的虚构设定，这首由英雄双韵体写成、分为 4 个诗章、共计 999 行的长诗，是由行事刻板严谨的 John Francis Shade 在其生命最后 20 天里创作的。
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纳博科夫的《微暗的火》（Pale Fire）。一个讲述疯狂执念的故事，我相信很多 HN 读者都会有共鸣……
Pale Fire, by Nabokov. A story of insane obsession, which I'm sure many HN readers could relate to...
……可能是那个30岁男人的幻想，你可以借此探索一个恋童癖的内心世界。另外，读到这里自然会让人想起《洛丽塔》（Lolita）。时至今日，它仍是我读过最优秀的书之一（尽管纳博科夫在文学造诣上更惊艳的是《微暗的火》）。《洛丽塔》就是那种探讨复杂争议性话题的典范，借助不可靠的叙述者迫使读者去思考什么是……
…could be the fantasy of the 30 year old and you can use it to explore the mind of a pedophile. Also, reading this of course Lolita comes to mind. To this day, one of the best books I have read (although Pale Fire is the more literarily impressive one of Nabokov). Lolita is an example of a book that explores a complex controversial topic, with an unreliable narrator which forces the reader to think about what is…
……在极其详尽地给纳博科夫描述一部电影之后被雇去写影评。这跟查尔斯·金波特（Charles Kinbote）可能闹出的洋相差不太多[1]。顺便说一句，我觉得《微暗的火》可能会吸引不少 HN 读者。它常被视作一个密集、精巧的机械谜题来解读，很合 coder 的胃口。跟纳博科夫一样，我也特别喜欢用笔名写作。……
…between describing a movie in perfect detail to Nabokov and then being hired to review movies. It's not a million miles away from the sort of gaff Charles Kinbote might make [1]. Incidentally, I think Pale Fire might appeal to much of the HN crowd. It's frequently read as a dense, finely-wrought mechanical puzzle that might appeal to the coder mindset. Like Nabokov, I'm also a big fan of writing under pseudonyms.…
“……从穴居人到济慈。如果有一天，我们所有人醒来，发现自己彻底丧失了阅读能力，那该怎么办？我希望你们不仅为读到的内容倒吸一口凉气，更为‘它竟然是可读的’这一奇迹而惊叹。”——《微暗的火》
…from the caveman to Keats. What if we awake one day, all of us, and find ourselves utterly unable to read? I wish you to gasp not only at what you read, but at the miracle of it's being readable." - Pale Fire
* 安妮·泰勒，《思乡小餐馆》（Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant） * 吉恩·沃尔夫，《和平》（Peace） * 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫，《微暗的火》（Pale Fire）
* Anne Tyler, Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant * Gene Wolfe, Peace * Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
最喜爱的技术书：《程序员修炼之道》（The Pragmatic Programmer）。这书我真应该早点读的。最喜爱的虚构类：《微暗的火》（Pale Fire）。纯粹的惊艳。他让文字起舞的能力让我惊叹得说不出话来。其他很棒的（排名不分先后）：- 《The Sewing Girl's Tale》（非虚构） - 《奥德赛》（史诗） - 《北回归线》（Tropic of Cancer）……
Favorite Technical: The Pragmatic Programmer. This is something that I should have read much earlier. Favorite Fiction: Pale Fire. Just pure astonishment. Left me speechless with how he made the language sing. Also great (in no particular order): - The Sewing Girl's Tale (non-fiction) - The Odyssey (poem) - Tropic of Cancer…