《微暗的火》产生了各种各样的解释,和大量书面批评,根据芬兰学者佩卡·塔米在1995年估计,多达80多项[1]。纳博科夫权威布赖恩·博伊德(Brian Boyd)称之为“纳博科夫最完美的小说”[2],而评论家哈罗德·布鲁姆(Harold Bloom)称之为“他本人天才最可靠的证明 ... 那了不起的力量之旅”。[3] 它在20世紀百大英文小說(Modern Library 100 Best Novels)榜单上排名第53名,而在美国文学评论家拉里·麦卡菲里(Larry McCaffery)的《20世纪百大英文小說》(20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction)榜单上排名第1名。
参考
^Tammi, Pekka. Pale Fire. Vladimir E. Alexandrov (编). The Garland Companion to Vladimir Nabokov. Garland Publishing. 1995: 571–585. ISBN 0-8153-0354-8.
^Brian Boyd. Nabokov: A Centennial Toast. Jane Grayson; Arnold McMillin; Priscilla Meyer (编). Nabokov's World. Volume 2: Reading Nabokov. Palgrave. 2002: 11. ISBN 0-333-96417-9.
^Harold Bloom. Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds. Grand Central Publishing. 2003. ISBN 0-446-69129-1.
Criticism (at Zembla, web site of the International Vladimir Nabokov Society). Contains a chronology of Pale Fire and many essays about it, along with other writing on Nabokov's works.
Interactive HypermediaPale Fire likened to Bach fugue and butterfly [Shockwave Player required]