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

Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita (1992, Alfred A. Knopf) 4 stars

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable …

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.