Per. with English. G. Barbatarlo with participation of B. Nabokovaya . "Pnin" (1953-1955, publ . 1957) is the fourth English-language novel by Vladimir Nabokov, Life of Professor Timofey Pavlovich Pnin , Teaching Russian at an American University , but comically not getting along with English, Which, along with his funny appearance , Distraction and awkwardness in handling things turns it into a curious local landmark. The book's title character is a hapless, Odd , The pathetically ridiculous - a kind of Don?Kychot of the university town of Weindel - is gradually revealed to the reader as complex. Multifaceted personality , in whose fate the moments of supreme happiness and moments of genuine tragedy are united whose life , Like any other human being.... forms a bizarre mixture of untold charm and inexhaustible sadness...