Pnin
Registered by dolphin-au of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales Australia on 10/14/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by dolphin-au from Lake Macquarie, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, October 14, 2004
Great book. I thought I lost this, but found it again when cleaning up before our move. Depicts contrast of European and American mentality through the story of immigrant Pnin.
Released 13 yrs ago (6/23/2010 UTC) at Bellingen, New South Wales Australia
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Sent to VeganMedusa as part of the 1001 VBB. Enjoy!
Thanks!
Hilarious. Poor Pnin. But I liked the ending, with some hope.
I'll put this back in the 1001 VBB.
One of the best-loved of Nabokov’s novels, Pnin features his funniest and most heart-rending character. Professor Timofey Pnin is a haplessly disoriented Russian émigré precariously employed on an American college campus in the 1950s. Pnin struggles to maintain his dignity through a series of comic and sad misunder-standings, all the while falling victim both to subtle academic conspiracies and to the manipulations of a deliberately unreliable narrator.
Initially an almost grotesquely comic figure, Pnin gradually grows in stature by contrast with those who laugh at him. Whether taking the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he has not mastered or throwing a faculty party during which he learns he is losing his job, the gently preposterous hero of this enchanting novel evokes the reader’s deepest protective instinct.
Serialized in The New Yorker and published in book form in 1957, Pnin brought Nabokov both his first National Book Award nomination and hitherto unprecedented popularity.
I'll put this back in the 1001 VBB.
One of the best-loved of Nabokov’s novels, Pnin features his funniest and most heart-rending character. Professor Timofey Pnin is a haplessly disoriented Russian émigré precariously employed on an American college campus in the 1950s. Pnin struggles to maintain his dignity through a series of comic and sad misunder-standings, all the while falling victim both to subtle academic conspiracies and to the manipulations of a deliberately unreliable narrator.
Initially an almost grotesquely comic figure, Pnin gradually grows in stature by contrast with those who laugh at him. Whether taking the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he has not mastered or throwing a faculty party during which he learns he is losing his job, the gently preposterous hero of this enchanting novel evokes the reader’s deepest protective instinct.
Serialized in The New Yorker and published in book form in 1957, Pnin brought Nabokov both his first National Book Award nomination and hitherto unprecedented popularity.
Travelling to a fellow NZ bookcrosser and 1001 lister.
Thank you~!! It's arrived safely!
A nice little story.
Though poor Pnin, you really just want something to go right for him.
Though poor Pnin, you really just want something to go right for him.
Off to the Netherlands! Enjoy this little 1001 list book :-)
The book arrived safely. Thank you so much, Sfogs! What a nice surprise! I've read several of Nabokov's books, but not this one, so I'm really looking forward to reading it!
What a lovely book! I enjoyed it very much!
Thanks for sharing this with me, Sfogs!
Thanks for sharing this with me, Sfogs!
Journal Entry 11 by motherof11 at Basingstoke, Hampshire United Kingdom on Friday, September 18, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (9/18/2015 UTC) at Basingstoke, Hampshire United Kingdom
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This book goes to pinkoeria.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Journal Entry 12 by pinkoeria at Basingstoke, Hampshire United Kingdom on Sunday, September 20, 2015
Thank you very much for this book, looks very interesting.
Journal Entry 13 by pinkoeria at Southampton Airport Parkway Railway Station in Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Saturday, May 13, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (5/13/2017 UTC) at Southampton Airport Parkway Railway Station in Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom
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