Pnin

Pnin

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Hilarious, intelligent and moving, Pnin is the tale of a generation irrevocably severed from its past Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of campus America. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world- the ruination of his beautiful lumber-room-as-office; the removal of his teeth and the fitting of new ones; the search for a suitable boarding-house; and the trials of taking the wrong train.

Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Format: Paperback, 176 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 136 g
Published: 2000, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9780141183756-SECONDHAND
Categories: All Best Sellers - Individual titles Classics of Literature Modern Fiction (post 1945) New arrivals - Secondhand books Only One Copy Second-hand Books
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Hilarious, intelligent and moving, Pnin is the tale of a generation irrevocably severed from its past Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of campus America. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world- the ruination of his beautiful lumber-room-as-office; the removal of his teeth and the fitting of new ones; the search for a suitable boarding-house; and the trials of taking the wrong train.