Galya Diment
Pniniad: Vladimir Nabokov and Marc Szeftel.
University of Washington Press, 1997. 0295976349 xii/202 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", is bound in black cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket display light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright.
"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."