Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (English) Paperback Book

Description: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Always conceived of as shocking but also a brilliant satire, Humbert the serial fantasist continues to entice readers and lead Lolita to both fame and infamyHumbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who hell do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? ...Or is he all of these? Author Biography Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even Gods own novelist (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics. Review He did us all an honour by electing to use, and transform, our language. * Anthony Burgess *Nabokov can move you to laughter in the way that masters can - to laughter that is near to tears. * The Guardian *Theres no funnier monster in modern literature than poor, doomed Humbert Humbert. * The Independent * Kirkus UK Review The subject matter, of a middle-aged man desiring a young girl, a nymphet of 12 at the beginning of their affair, was so outrageous that the sheer delicacy and also the wit of the writing was hardly commented on. Lolita was not, in fact, about sex - it was about love and it was about erotic emotion, not any kind of pornography. Humbert is one of the most self-aware narrators in contemporary fiction, and mocks, and derides, and lashes himself with wonderful energy. He sees himself as others see him and is merciless in attacking what he is doing to Lolita, quite clear-eyed about what she is doing to herself. None of Nabokovs other work has the vitality and beauty of this extraordinary novel. (Kirkus UK) Kirkus US Review Ten years out of the typewriter, the masters own script, "not in pettish refutation of a munificent film but purely as a vivacious variant of an old novel" - a minor curiosity but undoubtedly a must have for Nabokovians. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Text He did us all an honour by electing to use, and transform, our language. Review Quote He did us all an honour by electing to use, and transform, our language. Details ISBN0141182539 Pages 336 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2000 ISBN-10 0141182539 ISBN-13 9780141182537 Format Paperback Publication Date 2000-02-03 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Author Vladimir Nabokov Media Book Birth 1899 Death 1977 Series Penguin Modern Classics Language English UK Release Date 2000-02-03 Audience General NZ Release Date 2000-11-21 AU Release Date 2000-11-21 Alternative 9780141023496 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1283202;

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