{"product_id":"the-enchanter-vintage-international","title":"The Enchanter (Vintage International)","description":"The precursor to Nabokov's classic novel, Lolita. • A middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his obsession with her daughter. • \"A gem to be appreciated by any admirer of the most graceful and provocative literary craftsman.\" —Chicago Tribune\n\nThe 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.\n\nSitting 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.\n\nOver 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.\n\n\"The Enchanter is entertaining independent of its Lolita connection. It is arch, delicious and beautifully written.\" —Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679728864\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.0679728864.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nabokov, Vladimir\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition.  Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46741120712901,"sku":"LFV.0679728864.VG","price":9.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/0679728864-0.jpg?v=1786814604","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/the-enchanter-vintage-international","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}