{"product_id":"the-enchanter-vladimir-nabokov-9780679728863","title":"The Enchanter","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe precursor to Nabokov's classic novel, \u003ci\u003eLolita. - \u003c\/i\u003eA middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his obsession with her daughter. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA gem to be appreciated by any admirer of the most graceful and provocative literary craftsman.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe unnamed protagonist of the story is, outwardly, a respectable and comfortable man; inside, he churns at the pubescent femininity of certain girls. Rare girls - one in a thousand - whose coltish grace and subconscious flirtatiousness betray, to his obsessed mind, a very special bud on the moist verge of its bloom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSitting on a park bench one day, he is tantalized by the fleeting form of just such a girl roller-skating on a gravel path. His desire to be near this beauty burns in him and drives him to begin a courtship of the child's pitiful mother - a course that can end only in the disintegration of his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the years, the idea of The Enchanter grew; it changed; it developed \"claws and wings.\" By 1953 it was ready to furnish the basic theme of Lolita.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Enchanter is entertaining independent of its Lolita connection. It is arch, delicious and beautifully written.\" --Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vladimir Nabokov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679728864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679728863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.30w x 0.37d","brand":"Vladimir Nabokov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047280636159,"sku":"9780679728863","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_202a68af-4ce9-4029-b032-fa8914b6b3ce.jpg?v=1684989302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-enchanter-vladimir-nabokov-9780679728863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}