{"product_id":"ada-by-vladimir-nabokov-first-paperback-printing-1970-fawcett-crest","title":"Ada by Vladimir Nabokov [FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1970 • Fawcett Crest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAda, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST U.S. PAPERBACK PRINTING [1970] FAWCETT CREST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Rare 1st U.S. mass market printing w\/ psychedelic cover art.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage paperback in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClean, tight and hardly read copy with some trace creasing to spine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover wraps are beautiful; light shelf wear and a chipped corner to upper front. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages are clean and read as new with some inevitable tanning to pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished two weeks after his seventieth birthday, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAda, or Ardor \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAda or Ardor\u003c\/i\u003e is a romance that follows Ada from her first childhood meeting with Van Veen on his uncle's country estate, in a 'dream-bright' America, through eighty years of rapture, as they cross continents, are continually parted and reunited, come to learn the strange truth about their singular relationship and, decades later, put their extraordinary experiences into words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in mischievous and magically flowing prose, Nabokov's longest, richest novel is a love story, but also a fairy tale, a historical parody, an erotic satire, an exploration of the passing of time and a supreme work of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67573382611193,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/ADA-1.jpg?v=1793602747","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/ada-by-vladimir-nabokov-first-paperback-printing-1970-fawcett-crest","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}