Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov [Used]
Paperback
Ink pen markings on the cover, price reflects condition
“The most controversial classic novel of the 20th century, Lolita tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who is aroused to erotic desire only by a young girl.”
Bookseller notes:
Lolita is both deeply disturbing and stunningly poetic. It features an unreliable narrator and explores the lies he tells himself to justify his selfishness. In this, it evokes empathy in the reader - something that feels uncomfortable, immoral, and begs readers to ask themselves, what stories do I tell myself to justify my actions and the actions of others? Everyone interprets this book differently, so I encourage you to decide for yourself what it means. It deserves an intentional reading, and the subject matter can be troubling - proceed accordingly.
Paperback
Ink pen markings on the cover, price reflects condition
“The most controversial classic novel of the 20th century, Lolita tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who is aroused to erotic desire only by a young girl.”
Bookseller notes:
Lolita is both deeply disturbing and stunningly poetic. It features an unreliable narrator and explores the lies he tells himself to justify his selfishness. In this, it evokes empathy in the reader - something that feels uncomfortable, immoral, and begs readers to ask themselves, what stories do I tell myself to justify my actions and the actions of others? Everyone interprets this book differently, so I encourage you to decide for yourself what it means. It deserves an intentional reading, and the subject matter can be troubling - proceed accordingly.
Paperback
Ink pen markings on the cover, price reflects condition
“The most controversial classic novel of the 20th century, Lolita tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who is aroused to erotic desire only by a young girl.”
Bookseller notes:
Lolita is both deeply disturbing and stunningly poetic. It features an unreliable narrator and explores the lies he tells himself to justify his selfishness. In this, it evokes empathy in the reader - something that feels uncomfortable, immoral, and begs readers to ask themselves, what stories do I tell myself to justify my actions and the actions of others? Everyone interprets this book differently, so I encourage you to decide for yourself what it means. It deserves an intentional reading, and the subject matter can be troubling - proceed accordingly.
“Awe and exhilaration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsession for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America.
Most of all, it is a meditation on love--love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.”
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Coming of Age