{"product_id":"lolita-by-vladimir-nabokov-9780679723165","title":"Lolita","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most famous and controversial novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century tells the story of Humbert Humbert’s obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze.\u003c\/b\u003e With a new introduction by Claire Messud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The conjunction of a sense of humour with a sense of horror [results in] satire of a very special kind.” \u003cem\u003e—The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAwe and exhilaration—along with heartbreak and mordant wit—abound in \u003cem\u003eLolita\u003c\/em\u003e, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. \u003cem\u003eLolita\u003c\/em\u003e is also the story of a hypercivilised European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost of all, it is a meditation on love—love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603357548780,"sku":"9780679723165","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780679723165-lolita.jpg?v=1778061040","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lolita-by-vladimir-nabokov-9780679723165","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}