{"product_id":"the-enchanter-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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62342471188867,"sku":"9780679728863","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780679728863.jpg?v=1786180843","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-enchanter-9780679728863","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}