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desire and despair
this book is also studded with lessons - about building something from scratch
'Nothing less than riveting
can teach you how to stand out from the crowd
With an Introduction by Robin Morgan and a New Afterword by Frederick Brown
Pnin, Vladimir Nabokov science & psychology desire and despairProfessor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of campus America. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world: the ruination of his beautiful lumber room as office; the removal of his teeth and the fitting of new ones; the search for a suitable boarding house; and, the trials of taking the wrong train.
