{"product_id":"pnin-vladimir-nabokov-paperback","title":"Pnin -- Vladimir Nabokov, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the best-loved of Nabokov's novels, \u003ci\u003ePnin\u003c\/i\u003e features his funniest and most heart-rending character. Serialized in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and published in book form in 1957, \u003ci\u003ePnin\u003c\/i\u003e brought Nabokov both his first National Book Award nomination and hitherto unprecedented popularity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fun and satire are just the beginning of the rewards of this novel. Generous, bewildered Pnin, that most kindly and impractical of men, wins our affection and respect.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eProfessor Timofey Pnin is a haplessly disoriented Russian émigré precariously employed on an American college campus in the 1950s. Pnin struggles to maintain his dignity through a series of comic and sad misunder-standings, all the while falling victim both to subtle academic conspiracies and to the manipulations of a deliberately unreliable narrator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInitially an almost grotesquely comic figure, Pnin gradually grows in stature by contrast with those who laugh at him. Whether taking the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he has not mastered or throwing a faculty party during which he learns he is losing his job, the gently preposterous hero of this enchanting novel evokes the reader's deepest protective instinct.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vladimir Nabokov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\/18\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.8\" H x 5.1\" L x 0.7\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780679723417\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50569528803632,"sku":"9780679723417","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780679723417.jpg?v=1776341693","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/pnin-vladimir-nabokov-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}