Lolita

Paperback, 392 pages

Spanish language

Published July 30, 2020 by Editorial Anagrama S.A..

ISBN:
978-84-339-0268-9
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OCLC Number:
1142133339

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4 stars (51 reviews)

Lolita es sin duda una de las novelas más importantes del siglo XX, no solo por su sofisticación literaria, sino también por las controversias que ha generado desde su publicación hasta hoy. Narrada en primera persona por un profesor cuarentón enamorado de niñas púberes a las que denomina “nínfulas”, la novela presenta la historia de la caída en los infiernos del héroe y de su víctima, la jovencísima Dolores. Nabokov empuja el lenguaje hasta el límite mismo de la moral y escribe allí, frente al abismo, ni un paso más allá ni un paso más acá. La escritura exuberante e increíblemente precisa de Nabokov consigue dibujar de manera inigualable el retrato de las contradicciones del deseo, al mismo tiempo que bosqueja un paisaje de América transformada en geografía de la predación.

Escrita en inglés en 1955, fue considerada pornográfica y escandalosa, y rechazada por todos los editores americanos. Publicada finalmente …

72 editions

reviewed Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Everyman's Library, #133)

A struggle, hard to recommend

4 stars

But incredible literature, depictions of its US setting and mentality and humor. It's perverse, but the real discomfort for me is the strong identification and visibility of misuse of human beings and selfish power in so many relationships.

Review of 'Lolita' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Lolita is the highly controversial novel of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged literature professor and his obsession with twelve year-old Dolores Haze. Of whom he becomes a step father as well as being sexually involved. Considered one of the most controversial novels of the twentieth century, Lolita is known not just for the disturbing nature but for the unreliable narration and sophisticated writing style.

Vladimir Nabokov’s masterpiece, Lolita, is one of those books that are worth reading even if it makes you very uncomfortable. The protagonist is the villain who tries so hard to gain the readers sympathy through his sincerity and melancholy. But as the story progress you can even see that he has lost of sympathy for himself and starts referring to himself as maniac who deprived Dolores of her childhood. The novel provides a remarkable perspective into the mind of a man you just want to hate and …

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