Professor Timofey Pnin,late of Tsarist Russia,is now precariously perched at the heart of an American campus. Battling with American life and language,Pnin must face great hazards in this new world: the ruination of his beautiful lumber-room-as-office; the removal of his teeth and the fitting of new ones; the search for a suitable boarding house; and the trials of taking the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he has yet to master.
Wry,intelligent and moving,Pnin reveals the absurd and affecting story of one man in exile.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141183756Number of pages: 176Weight: 140 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 20 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Hilariously funny and of a sadness.'- Graham Greene
'"Pnin"'s vita,though its essence is saintliness,is yet a work of brilliant magic and fabulous laughter.'-The New Republic
'Fun and satire are just the beginning of the rewards of this novel. Generous,bewildered Pnin,that most kindly and impractical of men,wins our affection and respect.'- Chicago Tribune
'Nabokov can move you to laughter in the way the masters can-to laughter that is near to tears.'-The Guardian
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