Pniniad
Vladimir Nabokov and Marc Szeftel
by Galya Diment
256 pages· 2013· ISBN 9780295801087
About
In this wry, judiciously balanced, and thoroughly engaging book, Galya Diment explores the complicated and fascinating relationship between Vladimir Nabokov and his Cornell colleague Marc Szeftel who, in the estimate of many, served as the prototype for the gentle protagonist of the novel Pnin. She offers astute comments on Nabokov’s fictional process in creating Timofey Pnin and addresses hotly debated questions and long-standing riddles in Pnin and its history.
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