Pnin (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Vladimir Nabokov
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Plot: Fictitious biography
- Time of Work: 1950 to 1955
- Setting: Waindell College, New England, and a nearby mountain resort
- Principal Characters: Timofey Pavelovich Pnin, Dr. Liza Wind, Victor Wind, Dr. Hagen, The Narrator
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s
- Locales: New England
The Novel
Timofey Pavelovich Pnin has taught Russian at Waindell College for several years; his odd ways, his restlessness, his difficulty with the nuances of the English language, and his gnomelike features make him the brunt of endless cruel anecdotes and imitations. The story laid out for the reader, however, is one refashioned after the fact from these unkind stories, by the narrator, a scholar who replaces Pnin at Waindell College and who makes of the anecdotes a sympathetic biography of a true humanist, in love with the infinite variety of life and its ability to give...
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