Pnin
7 hrs. 54 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vladimir Nabokov
Author
Vladimir Nabokov
Narrator
Ivan Bukchin
Narrator
Ivan Bukchin
Description
A novel-contrast to the prevailing notion of Nabokov’s “immorality” and “soullessness,” which haunted the writer after the publication of “Lolita.”
“Pnin” (1957), the fourth English-language novel by Vladimir Nabokov, is devoted to the life twists of one of the most defenseless and touching characters in twentieth-century literature. A true Russian intellectual—an excellent scholar, yet a quirky, unfortunate man—Timofey Pnin, who left Russia after the 1917 revolution, teaches Russian literature at an American university, where he becomes an accidental victim of his colleagues’ intrigues and coldness. Will he be able, this time, to slip away from his clever creator, who has prepared for him the fate of a sufferer forced again and again to endure blows of destiny?
“Pnin” saw the light soon after the scandalous “Lolita,” and, having received enthusiastic reviews from readers and critics, served as a kind of counterpoint to the prevailing view of Nabokov as “immoral” and “soulless.”
This edition of the novel includes a preface, notes, and a concluding essay by the translator.
The translator has preserved the features of spelling, punctuation, and transliteration.
“Pnin” (1957), the fourth English-language novel by Vladimir Nabokov, is devoted to the life twists of one of the most defenseless and touching characters in twentieth-century literature. A true Russian intellectual—an excellent scholar, yet a quirky, unfortunate man—Timofey Pnin, who left Russia after the 1917 revolution, teaches Russian literature at an American university, where he becomes an accidental victim of his colleagues’ intrigues and coldness. Will he be able, this time, to slip away from his clever creator, who has prepared for him the fate of a sufferer forced again and again to endure blows of destiny?
“Pnin” saw the light soon after the scandalous “Lolita,” and, having received enthusiastic reviews from readers and critics, served as a kind of counterpoint to the prevailing view of Nabokov as “immoral” and “soulless.”
This edition of the novel includes a preface, notes, and a concluding essay by the translator.
The translator has preserved the features of spelling, punctuation, and transliteration.
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