{"product_id":"9781841594361","title":"Ada, or Ardor","description":"Author: Nabokov, Vladimir\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781841594361\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 06 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 536\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful hardcover edition of one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the\u003cbr\u003efantastical love story that was the glorious culmination of his career as a\u003cbr\u003enovelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story of a man's lifelong entanglement with his sister is not only a love story; it manages also to be a fairy tale, an epic, a philosophical treatise on the nature of time, a parody of the history of the novel, and an erotic catalogue. It concludes with an ingeniously sardonic appendix by the author, written under the anagrammatic pseudonym Vivian Darkbloom. \u003ci\u003eAda, or Ardor\u003c\/i\u003e, published just after Nabokov's seventieth birthday, is the supreme work of a virtuosic imagination at white heat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNabokov is the most allusive and linguistically playful writer in English since Joyce, and like \\\"Pale Fire\\\" and \\\"Lolita,\\\" his new novel abounds in delightful minor parodies and pastiches, countless multilingual puns and literary jokes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAda or Ardor \u003c\/i\u003eis at its core a love story, the stuff that's sold reams of pop music, and piles of books. Van, fourteen, falls in love with twelve-year-old Ada during a summer vacation. This premise is possibly the only aspect of \u003ci\u003eAda or Ardor\u003c\/i\u003e common to numerous other novels. Van, an unreliable narrator if there ever was one, tells the story, while the narrative shuttles seamlessly from a first person to a third person - trust Nabokov the Enchanter to achieve that trick.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729832333470,"sku":"UBD-9781841594361","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781841594361.jpg?v=1776650720","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781841594361","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}