Pnin
1957 • 193 pages

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Average rating3.7

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I feel bad for the man, he's just a lil' guy
I wanna write narrators as unreliable as Nabokov

March 21, 2025

I would die for him, no exaggeration

November 27, 2024

A short delight, Pnin is a short, funny and heartwarming novel. Not Nabokov's finest work, and the ending was a little strange in my opinion, but it is a beautifully dressed hors d'oeuvre.

September 25, 2024
February 26, 2022

A beautifully rendered prose and Nabakov's use of language is masterful. But I couldn't connect emotionally with Pnin and felt the message and point of the narrative was unclear.

September 29, 2021

3.5

Didn't captivate me as Lolita did, but there are glimpses of pure, deep beauty here that only Nabokov could write. He is really something special

July 27, 2021

Not good with faces
deaf to office politics
the best water dad.

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