{"product_id":"the-girl-with-the-teddy-viktor-domontovych-9781915568830","title":"The Girl with the Teddy Bear","description":"The \u003ci\u003eGirl with the Teddy Bear\u003c\/i\u003e first published in 1928 and sometimes compared with Nabokov's \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eA Summer Affair\u003c\/i\u003e by Ivan Klima was a groundbreaking novel and is now seen as a cult modernist classic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIpolit is roasting barley grains to make ersatz coffee in his squalid Kyiv apartment one day in 1922 when he hears a knock at the door. A Red Army soldier he doesn't recognise is stood on his doorstep bringing a breath of the wild air of the Steppe. It turns out to be an old acquaintance whose dream of relaunching a mothballed factory leads Ipolit into an obsessive love affair with a disturbed young girl. \u003cbr\u003eIt is as unflinchingly honest as D.H. Lawrence in its depiction of obsessive love and human intimacy and a remarkably courageous debut novel in a totalitarian society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Viktor Domontovych\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915568838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915568830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dedalus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Viktor Domontovych","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137233006847,"sku":"9781915568830","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bd87b6e-9419-4f60-b6c7-0ab67002d85d.jpg?v=1770167455","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-girl-with-the-teddy-viktor-domontovych-9781915568830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}