{"product_id":"despair-vintage-international","title":"Despair (Vintage International)","description":"The wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime--his own murder. • “A beautiful mystery plot, not to be revealed.” – Newsweek\n\n“Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically.” – John Updike\n\n“One of Mr. Nabokov’s finest, most challenging and provocative novels.” – The New York Times\n\nDespair’s protagonist, Hermann, is another masterly portrait in the fascinating gallery of living characters Vladmir Nabokov has given to world literature. In his pseudo wordliness, his odd genius, Hermann is one with such other heteroclitic neurotic Nabokovian creations as Humbert Humbert and Charles Kimbote. Rapt in his own reality, incapable of escaping or explicating it, he is as solitary in his abyss as Luzhin or Charlotte Haze of Lolita.\n\nDespair is illuminated throughout by the virtuosity and cunning wit that are Vladimir Nabokov’s hallmarks.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679723439\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0679723439.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nabokov, Vladimir\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43420034105405,"sku":"BVV.0679723439.G","price":11.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0679723439-0.jpg?v=1785711098","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/despair-vintage-international","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}