Pnin
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Professor Timofey Pnin, late of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously perched at the heart of an American campus. 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 to deliver a lecture in a language he has yet to master. Wry, intelligent and moving, Pnin reveals the absurd and affecting story of one man in exile.
Penguin Clothbound Classics are bound in cloth and not paper. The design is stamped on in foil, and each cover repeats one small icon taken from the story. The series was designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, who took her inspiration from Victorian bookbinding. Each book has coloured endpapers and a ribbon bookmark. They make beautiful presents.
The foil can rub off if the books are stacked tightly, so give them a little room on the shelf.
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction: special features, Higher & further education, tertiary education
Published on 28 Mar 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd.
Hardback