Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

La novela más conocida del escritor ruso que escribía en inglés es una sórdida pero magistral tragicomedia que escandalizó a medio mundo y fue prohibida en varios países. Aún hoy es objeto de debate sobre la proverbial distinción entre autor y obra.

by JULIAN EARWAKER

A tragicomic masterpiece by the Russian-born US writer and poet Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita was described by the author as his “most difficult book” but also (ironically) his “special favourite.” The book takes the form of a memoir produced by an anonymous literature professor who writes from prison under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. CHALLENGING Humbert is a self-pitying1 and predatory2 paedophile who narrates a creepy3 tale of articulate self-delusion4. As a young boy, his beloved girlfriend dies, leaving him heartbroken. This apparently explains his adult ‘devotion’ to children and adolescent girls, aged from nine to fourteen, who he refers to as his “nymphets5”. “My world was split […] While my body knew what it craved for, my mind rejected my body’s every plea. One moment I was ashamed and frightened, another…

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