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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Kind of random but very much enjoyed. Nabokov’s writing, as usual, did not disappoint. Reading an edition with editorial notes might have been helpful / interesting
I don't need to read any more books about college professors in the northeast.
Nutty story, whose wordplay and doppelganger theme remind me of [b: Lolita|7604|Lolita|Vladimir Nabokov|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1377756377l/7604._SY75_.jpg|1268631]. Although I sometimes had trouble following the narrative, I loved the sparkling language.
Pnin (the book) manages to captures the immigrant experience in a way that makes it tangible for anyone who has never gone through the immigration and integration process. Pnin is a lonely, eccentric man who the reader can laugh at but at the same time feel a little sorry for. I spent the final two chapters hoping nothing would go wrong for him. Then again, he could probably take anything the world would have thrown at him. The writing style was comedic and spot on in its descriptions of different characters, with some beautiful lines scattered in between the matter-of-fact way of writing. I read the Dutch translation by E. Hoog.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
medium-paced
It is a short novel about a curious Russian academic teaching in an American college, somewhat similar to Nabokov’s own life. Nabokov’s prose is enjoyable as always. He pokes fun at these intellectual immigrants but is sympathetic to their strange life in a strange land. But I could not get out much more. I considered stopping midway, but the sunk cost fallacy won. Besides, I had just given up Master and Margarita after a third just before this book and I did not want to anger Russian authors even more.
challenging
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated