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| Sitaram |
One Literary Critic on Nabokov: Lolitaliterarydiscussions: oh, there you areaiden_dream: Hello Sitaram aiden_dream: how are you? literarydiscussions: must be 12:30 at night for you literarydiscussions: it is 4:30pm afternoon here aiden_dream: yes! literarydiscussions: i memorized that you are 8 hours ahead of me literarydiscussions: in iran aiden_dream: wow intelligent literarydiscussions: well, i used to have a friend in kuala lumpur which is exactly 12 hours different... which is easy literarydiscussions: i purchased a wonderful critical analysis of Nabokov's Lolita literarydiscussions: very insightful literarydiscussions: Nabokov is one of the most important writers in 20th century aiden_dream: literarydiscussions: though he never received Nobel prize literarydiscussions: but, Kafka, Proust, and others of stature never received Nobel... aiden_dream: they didnt| aiden_dream: ? literarydiscussions: Solzenitzen, when he received Nobel, said that Nabokov deserved it more, and nominated Nabokov, but he never receive a Nobel aiden_dream: wow aiden_dream: interesting literarydiscussions: that is all from the book i just bought aiden_dream: aiden_dream: I dont like nabakov much though literarydiscussions: all the american publishers rejected nabokovs manuscript, and finally Olympia Press in France published it, but they published lots of pornography aiden_dream: oh interesting literarydiscussions: although,..... there is not one lewd or obscene passage in Lolita aiden_dream: I havent read that book literarydiscussions: the critic also pointed that out aiden_dream: ? literarydiscussions: when I was age 10, in 1959, i remember everyone talking about Lolita, and I thought it was a very dirty book... literarydiscussions: but, now, i read it, and it is something which only a very educated cultured person can truly enjoy literarydiscussions: so, i laugh at the thought of all those people who bought it to read dirty scenes, and were then disappointed aiden_dream: hahaha literarydiscussions: Nabokos is a master of crafting an english sentence literarydiscussions: the critic points out that at the very sentence level, each sentence is a marvel to behold... literarydiscussions: which is quite true aiden_dream: oh yes aiden_dream: sorry I must sleep now literarydiscussions: hemingway and others were minimalists, whose every sentence was quite predictable literarydiscussions: but not nabokov literarydiscussions: ok... go to sleep aiden_dream: thank you for bwing here aiden_dream: and your interesting informations literarydiscussions: i do my best aiden_dream: aiden_dream: thank you aiden_dream: and be well) literarydiscussions: i will try to be a little lamp literarydiscussions: that shines |
| SFG75 |
Lolita was the TBF book of the month for January. The thread is 1,820 posts
long and is still going strong.  Feel free to check it out and contributing
if you so desire. http://forums.thebookforum.com/showthread.php?t=9072 You have to love Nabokov, the writing is absolutely excellent and the humor!. The smarting comments about psychoanalysis and Humbert's pursuit of Lo and Quilty make for a compelling read. http://forums.thebookforum.com/showthread.php?t=9072 |