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Lolita
'Lolita is comedy, subversive yet divine' Martin Amis, Observer Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Is he in love or insane? A tortured soul or a monster? Humbert Humbert's fixation is one of many dimensions in Nabokov's dizzying masterpiece, which is suffused with a savage humour and rich, elaborate verbal textures. Filmed by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and again in 1997 by Adrian Lyne, Lolita has lost none of its power to shock and awe. 'There's no funnier monster in literature than poor, doomed Humbert Humbert' Independent
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita
Eight reprinted essays, mostly from the 1990s, examine various facets of the Russian exile's 1955 novel that has raised literary, legal, and religious hackles since it was first published. Also included is a 1967 interview with Nabokov by Herbert Gold. There is no index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Matter
There was nobody of her own kind within several thousand light years of where Djan Seriy Anaplian sat. However, news from her home world of Sursamen would still reach her.Djan Seriy Anaplian is, after all, a member of Special Circumstances - a troubleshooter for the Culture, intervening when necessary to ensure that order and balance is maintained throughout the galaxy; and Special Circumstances get to hear about most things. The news itself, unfortunately, is not good. Her father has died. Her brother too, it seems. Both in the latest war against a neighbouring kingdom.Anaplian must journey home, but while she does so, another will seek her out. For someone on Sursamen believes her to be their last hope. What neither of them know is that she might also be the last hope for the entire world.
Lolita - The Story of a Cover Girl
What should Lolita look like? The question has dogged book-cover designers since 1955, when Lolita was first published in a plain green wrapper. The heroine of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel has often been shown as a teenage seductress in heart-shaped glasses--a deceptive image that misreads the book but has seeped deep into our cultural life, from fashion to film. Lolita - The Story of a Cover Girl: Vladimir Nabokov's Novel in Art and Design reconsiders the cover of Lolita. Eighty renowned graphic designers and illustrators (including Paula Scher, Jessica Hische, Jessica Helfand, and Peter Mendelsund) offer their own takes on the book's jacket, while graphic-design critics and Nabokov sch...
Best Romance Books of All Time LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov | All-Time bestseller Romance Fiction Book | From All-time Russian Bestseller Author of Books Like: Lolita / Pnin / Speak, Memory
From the Author of Books Like: 1.Lolita 2.Pnin 3.Speak, Memory 4.Laughter in the Dark 5.Invitation to a Beheading 6.The Luzhin Defense 7.Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle 8.Despair 9.The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov 10. Pale Fire Best Romance Books of All Time LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov About the Book: Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Dolores Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate c...
Lolita in the Afterlife
A vibrant collection of sharp and essential modern pieces on Vladimir Nabokov’s perennially provocative book—with original contributions from a stellar cast of prominent twenty-first century writers. In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was published in the United States to immediate controversy and bestsellerdom. More than sixty years later, this phenomenal novel generates as much buzz as it did when originally published. Central to countless issues at the forefront of our national discourse—art and politics, race and whiteness, gender and power, sexual trauma—Lolita lives on, in an afterlife as blinding as a supernova. Lolita in the Afterlife is edited by the daughter of Lolita’s...
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Book Analysis)
Unlock the more straightforward side of Lolita with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, which is the enthralling and disturbing tale of Humbert, a man in his forties, who falls in love with a young girl, soon becoming her stepfather and taking advantage of this position to pursue a vastly unsettling romance with her and fulfil his illicit desires. Lolita is regarded as one of the prime achievements in 20th century literature, though also among the most controversial, and its assimilation into popular culture is such that the name ‘Lolita’ has been used to imply that a young girl is sexually precocious....
Being Lolita
"Have you ever read Lolita?" So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson's metamorphosis from student to lover and then victim. A lonely and vulnerable high school senior, Alisson finds solace only in her writing and in a young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. North. He praises her as a special and gifted writer, and she blossoms under his support and his vision for her future. Mr. North gives Alisson a copy of Lolita to read, telling her it is a beautiful story about love. The book soon becomes the backdrop to a relationship that blooms from a simple crush into a forbidden romance, with Mr. North convincing her that theirs is a love affair rivalled only by Nabokov's masterpiece. But as time progr...
Lolita
“Kisah cinta paling meyakinkan sepanjang zaman.” —Vanity Fair Lolita adalah novel indah yang abadi. Lolita bahkan dianggap sebagai salah satu novel terbaik sepanjang masa oleh para kritikus. Begitu populernya kisah ini hingga sempat dua kali difilmkan. Sempat dilarang beredar di Amerika Serikat, novel ini hingga kini terus diperbincangkan orang dan menjadi buku laris di berbagai negara. Lolita berkisah tentang pengakuan seorang profesor setengah baya bernama Humbert Humbert yang terobsesi dengan seorang gadis remaja, Dolores Haze—sang Lolita. Untuk bisa berdekatan dengan Dolores, Humbert menikahi ibu gadis itu. Setelah sang ibu tewas dalam sebuah kecelakaan, Humbert membawa anak tirinya berkelana mengelilingi Amerika Serikat, menikmati cinta terlarang dengan segala manis getirnya. Kisah ini menjadi indah antara lain karena kepiawaian Vladimir Nabokov dalam melukiskan nuansa psikologis tokoh-tokohnya, terutama sosok Lolita yang kenes dan Humbert yang berkepribadian rumit. Di atas segalanya, novel kontroversial ini adalah kisah luar biasa tentang kekuatan cinta. “Satu di antara tiga novel paling berpengaruh di dunia.” —Time
The Real Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner. Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, The Real Lolita restores Sally Horner to her rightful place in the lore of the novel's creation. Drawing upon extensive investigations, legal documents, public records, and interviews with remaining relatives, Sarah Weinman casts a new light on the dark inspiration for a modern classic.
