num_pages: 191
description: Librarian Note: An alternate cover edition can be found herePnin is a professor of Russian at an American college who takes the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he cannot master. Pnin is a tireless lover who writes to his treacherous Liza: "A genius needs to keep so much in store, and thus cannot offer you the whole of himself as I do." Pnin is the focal point of subtle academic conspiracies he cannot begin to comprehend, yet he stages a faculty party to end all faculty parties forever.
language: English
title: Pnin
titlecomplete: Pnin
characters: Joan Clements, Laurence Clements, Mrs. Thayer, Timofey Pnin
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Russian Literature, Russia, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 23741
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage