{"product_id":"lolita-vladimir-nabokov-9780679410430","title":"Lolita: Introduction by Martin Amis","description":"\u003cb\u003eNabokov's wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece owes its stature as a classic not to the controversy its subject matter aroused but to its author's use of that material to tell a love story almost shocking in its beauty and tenderness. With an introduction by Martin Amis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When it was published in 1955, \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e immediately became a cause c駘鐫re because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. Awe and exhilaration-along with heartbreak and mordant wit-abound in this account of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America, but most of all, it is a meditation on love-love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vladimir Nabokov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679410430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679410430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.30w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2004 pg. 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2008 pg. 18","brand":"Vladimir Nabokov","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050159239423,"sku":"9780679410430","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42347486-6a4c-465d-bf9f-35a37a8852c0.jpg?v=1685005573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lolita-vladimir-nabokov-9780679410430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}