{"product_id":"the-girl-with-the-teddy-bear-paperback-1","title":"The Girl with the Teddy Bear - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eViktor Domontovych\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteve Komarnyckyj\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGirl with the Teddy Bear\u003c\/i\u003e first published in 1928 and sometimes compared with Nabokov's \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eA Summer Affair\u003c\/i\u003e by Ivan Klima was a groundbreaking novel and is now seen as a cult modernist classic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIpolit is roasting barley grains to make ersatz coffee in his squalid Kyiv apartment one day in 1922 when he hears a knock at the door. A Red Army soldier he doesn't recognise is stood on his doorstep bringing a breath of the wild air of the Steppe. It turns out to be an old acquaintance whose dream of relaunching a mothballed factory leads Ipolit into an obsessive love affair with a disturbed young girl. \u003cbr\u003eIt is as unflinchingly honest as D.H. Lawrence in its depiction of obsessive love and human intimacy and a remarkably courageous debut novel in a totalitarian society\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.75 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533173833977,"sku":"9781915568830","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Ux3vfSfzCY9781915568830_f85318fa-4403-4248-8c63-20e83a3b7347.webp?v=1773867443","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-girl-with-the-teddy-bear-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}