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Lolita in the Afterlife: On Beauty, Risk, and Reckoning with the Most Indelible and Shocking Novel of the Twentieth Century
By Jenny Minton Quigley
- ISBN
- 9781984898838
- Publisher
- Vintage
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Starred Review on February 1, 2021 | Arts & Humanities
In the six decades since its publication, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita continues to fascinate and disgust. Editor Quigley's father took the risk in 1958 of publishing Lolita in the United States despite backlash and censorship threats. The 30 essays in this work present various aspects of Lolita, including a profile of the showgirl who first introduced the book to the American publishing world, its two film adaptations, its influence on modern music,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
