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Jul 20, 1991 | ISBN 9780679728863 Buy
Feb 16, 2011 | ISBN 9780307787309 Buy
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Jul 20, 1991 | ISBN 9780679728863
Feb 16, 2011 | ISBN 9780307787309
The Enchanter is the Ur-Lolita, the precursor to Nabokov’s classic novel. At once hilarious and chilling, it tells the story of an outwardly respectable man and his fatal obsession with certain pubescent girls, whose coltish grace and subconscious coquetry reveal, to his mind, a special bud on the verge of bloom.
Vladimir Nabokov studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, writing prolifically in Russian under the pseudonym Sirin. In 1940, he left France for America, where he wrote some of his greatest works—Bend Sinister (1947), Lolita (1955), Pnin (1957),… More about Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically." — John Updike"Masterly … brilliant." — V. S. Pritchett, The New York Review of Books"A gem to be appreciated by any admirer of the most graceful and provocative literary craftsman." — Chicago Tribune"One of the best books of the year … [The Enchanter] displays the supple clarity of a master." — Boston Globe"Enchanting … sleekly wrought." — Newsweek
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