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littlelotteWhat a timely article...
Why Lolita remains shocking, and a favorite.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5536855
Asking a fiction writer to recommend his favorite book is a little like asking a father to pick his favorite child, like asking an adulterer to name his favorite lover. The writer will hem and haw, the father will equivocate, the adulterer will say he loves them all the same, just in different ways. Of course, we're lying. We all have a favorite: She stood "four foot ten in one sock." "She was Lola in slacks. She was Lo, plain Lo in the morning." But in our arms she will always be Lolita.
I'm still upset none of you guessed that book in my meme :-(
On the above page with the article, near the bottom, there are also a couple of files of Jeremy Irons reading from the unabridged Random House audio book. The first is the first chapter (short as it is), and the second is from the end starting with "This then is my story."
Note: I want I want I want I want I want I want!!!!!!!
Why Lolita remains shocking, and a favorite.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5536855
Asking a fiction writer to recommend his favorite book is a little like asking a father to pick his favorite child, like asking an adulterer to name his favorite lover. The writer will hem and haw, the father will equivocate, the adulterer will say he loves them all the same, just in different ways. Of course, we're lying. We all have a favorite: She stood "four foot ten in one sock." "She was Lola in slacks. She was Lo, plain Lo in the morning." But in our arms she will always be Lolita.
I'm still upset none of you guessed that book in my meme :-(
On the above page with the article, near the bottom, there are also a couple of files of Jeremy Irons reading from the unabridged Random House audio book. The first is the first chapter (short as it is), and the second is from the end starting with "This then is my story."
Note: I want I want I want I want I want I want!!!!!!!
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