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.

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.

Book Description The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, and the ironic amusement he cultivated in response to being uprooted and politically exiled twice in his life, never found fuller expression than in Pale Fire published in 1962 after the critical and popular success of Lolita had made him an international literary figure. An ingenio...(展开全部)

深田恭子の最新写真集がリリース! 大河ドラマ「平清盛」や主演ドラマ「TOKYOエアポート」などの撮影の合間を縫ったタイトなスケジュールのなか、この写真集のためにカラダ作りを行って、ロケにのぞみました。 向かった先はハワイ・オアフ島。 役を演じることに真面目すぎるくらいひたむきな女優は、「陽気なイメージが苦手だった」というこの島で、身も心も癒され、そして開放されて――。 「30代を迎えた自分の大切なスタートにしたい」という本人の気持ちがこもったこの作品には、「女優・深田恭子」の素直なありのままの表情・姿が収められています。 水着での海辺のシーンやイルカとの触れ合いカットも多数収録。女性らしい愛らしい姿をおしげもなく見せてくれました。 撮影は、気鋭のフォトグラファー・ND CHOW氏。 ロングインタビューや幼少期の写真、映画やドラマで共演した俳優やスタッ...(展开全部)

FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS. --The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary jour...(展开全部)

FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS. --The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary jour...(展开全部)

The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment w...(展开全部)

A dark offering from the Queen of Crime. This represents the world-famous author's most successful foray into the dark world of murder and black magic. To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. But where exactly was the beginning?Was it the savage blow to the back of Father Gorman's head? Or was it when th...(展开全部)