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Pnin
by Vladimir Nabokov
One of the lesser-known masterpieces from the great Nabokov...
This book tells the tragi-comic story of Timofey Pnin, who has emigrated from Russia after the Revolution in 1917 and after a brief stroll through various places in Europe, has found himself in the United States. From this perspective, it resembles Nabokov's own life story quite well.
However, Pnin looks nothing like Nabokov himself. He can find himself in awkward situations - just read his train voyage to the Cremona Women's Club- his mastery of the English language is doubtful (unlike Nabokov, who is one the best users of the English language) and he becomes the subject of ridicule quite frequently.
Nabokov published this in The New Yorker as separate short stories while he was working on the publication of Lolita. Later on he connected them and converted them to a novel.
I enjoyed the story and felt sad for the tragically comic Prof. Pnin. I guess that must have been Nabokov's goal in creating this sympathetic character.
This book tells the tragi-comic story of Timofey Pnin, who has emigrated from Russia after the Revolution in 1917 and after a brief stroll through various places in Europe, has found himself in the United States. From this perspective, it resembles Nabokov's own life story quite well.
However, Pnin looks nothing like Nabokov himself. He can find himself in awkward situations - just read his train voyage to the Cremona Women's Club- his mastery of the English language is doubtful (unlike Nabokov, who is one the best users of the English language) and he becomes the subject of ridicule quite frequently.
Nabokov published this in The New Yorker as separate short stories while he was working on the publication of Lolita. Later on he connected them and converted them to a novel.
I enjoyed the story and felt sad for the tragically comic Prof. Pnin. I guess that must have been Nabokov's goal in creating this sympathetic character.