Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov (February 21 - March 1, 2005)
Pnin is both a funny and heartbreaking book. Timofey Pnin is a Russian professor at Waindell college. He, unknowingly, is mocked for not mastering English and his social fumbles. The reader empathizes with him and cheers him on as he finds his place on campus and in life.
Once you reach the end of the story, you can never read it again in quite the same light. Was the story the truth or a manipulation? What are the narrator's motivations? This turn of events and mistrust make you want to begin and explore the story once again for clues and for the truth.
Some nice articles on Pnin (external sites):
"Exiles in a small world," The Guardian (Saturday May 8, 2004)
A Resolved Discord (Pnin) by Gennady Barabtarlo
