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steveurick 's review for:
Pnin
by Vladimir Nabokov
This book made me laugh out loud at a cafe, at city hall, and in my living room. I certainly did not understand all of the Russian and French, but I did look up a few English words that were familiar but not entirely known to me. What a pleasure to read Nabokov and enjoy his playing with language in a book that does not feature sexual deviation as a major theme. (I am not taking a swipe at Lolita, or Ada, or Ardor: I have not read the latter and do not reject the value of the former, although I did not enjoy reading it 35 years ago.) Who cannot love Pnin?