Pnin - Brossura

Nabokov, Vladimir

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0679723412 ISBN 13: 9780679723417

Casa editrice: Vintage, 1989

Riassunto

Depicts the struggles of Timofey Pnin, a professor of Russian, who attempts to adapt himself to life at an institution.

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Recensione:

"Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically." -- John Updike

L'autore:

One of the twentieth century's master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg in 1899. He studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux, Switzerland, where he died in 1977.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0679723412
• ISBN 13: 9780679723417
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208