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By Набоков Владимир
Vladimir Nabokov, 2024
One of Nabokov’s most beloved novels, Pnin introduces a character who is both funny and heart-rending. Professor Timofey Pnin is a disoriented Russian émigré precariously employed at an American college campus in the 1950s. He navigates a series of comic and sad misunderstandings while trying to maintain his dignity. The narrative is shaped by subtle academic conspiracies and a deliberately unreliable narrator. Initially appearing as a comic figure, Pnin gains stature through his interactions with those who mock him, evoking the reader’s protective instinct.