Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
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"Lolita" tells the story of aging Hubert Humbert who has an obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet, Dolores Haze. It is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. All in all, "Lolita" is filled with awe and exhilaration, along with heartbreak and mordant wit.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780679723165
- Binding
- Paperback
- Authors
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Published Date
- March 13, 1989
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 336
- Physical Info
- 8.03 in L x 5.21 in W (0.56 lb)
Still a good book
Really good book!
[Note: If this edition is 1989, it's not the 50th Anniversary of a book published in 1955. Why the 'anniversary' edition of any book matters as to selling it is hard to see, exc as a reason to reissue, write a new introduction, raise the price, cause people to believe they must have *this* one in addition to the one[s] they already own ... ]Perhaps the publishers need to look deeply into their own soul. That's what Sam Peckinpah said his film 'Straw Dogs' was for. This is the original film not the remake, and a viewer had told the director, 'I didn't like your film,' to which he replied, 'I didn't want you to like the film; I wanted you to look deeply into your own soul.'What Lolita is for, also. Read this in grad school to learn a bit of 'what's really going on here' and the word was this isn't pornographic but interrogatory — specifically of our own ways of being and doing. Have come to agree it's both a bit — with the one serving the other.The book shd wreck us, and if it doesn't we didn't get it. Maybe come back to it 20 or so years later, as I prolly need to do.[Note: the description of the book, with references to Old Europe v New America drove Nabokov nuts as an 'adventure in missing the point' and claiming it's about love ... well, that's just messed up as the kids say. Check out the April 2, 2025 LA Review of Books, a review essay by Claire Messud called 'In Its Purest Form', on the [actual] 70th birthday of the book.]
I like the hard bound book. A classic book that I'm happy to add to my collection. Book arrived in excellent condition and as quickly as possible. I'm a satisfied customer.
no pic sorry, but great book!
