Author:Vladimir Nabokov,David Lodge
Initially an almost grotesquely comic figure, Pnin gradually grows in stature by contrast with those who laugh at him. Whether taking the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he has not mastered or throwing a faculty party during which he learns he is losing his job, the gently preposterous hero of this enchanting novel evokes the reader's deepest protective instinct.
Serialized in The New Yorker and published in book form in 1957, PNIN brought Nabokov both his first National Book Award nomination and hitherto unprecedented popularity.
Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically." -- John Updike
—— John UpdikeA beautiful piece of writing - infused with the themes of family, death, loyalty, and romantic love - I think we're going to hear a lot more about this very fine novelist
—— James Lee BurkeA taut psychological drama that carried me through from first page to last - a voice that can render exquisitely the sharpest truths of the human heart and the finest details of a passing landscape all at once
Mirror Lake is a strong and gentle book about friendship, loneliness, and the transcendent stubbornness of the human heart. A sweet, sad story, full of surprises and resonant of the green mountains and clear waters of Vermont
—— John Hough, Jr., author of THE LAST SUMMERA stunning accomplishment, Mirror Lake reaffirms the true power of love and its resounding ability to transform the human heart
—— Nelson Demille
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