Hardback gift edition of the best selling novel Lolita
One of the twentieth century's master prose stylists, Vladimir
Nabokov (1899 - 1977) was born in St Petersburg, but left Russia
when the Bolsheviks seized power. He studied French and Russian
literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and
Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he
moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist,
poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley,
Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux,
Switzerland, where he died in 1977.
His first novel in English was The Real Life of Sebastian Knight,
published in 1941. His other books include Ada or Ardor (1969),
Laughter in the Dark (1933), Pale Fire (1962), the short story
collection Details of a Sunset (1976) and Lolita (1955), his
best-known novel.
This unabridged edition of Nabokov's classic story about a middle-aged, expatriate European man's obsessive love for a 12-year-old girl‘which is being released to coincide with director Adrian Lyne's new film version‘is a beautifully produced recording that pushes the boundaries of the audio medium. While Lolita continues to raise the hackles of would-be censors even today, most listeners will marvel at the restraint and playful humor with which Nabokov limns his tale. Narrator Jeremy Irons, who plays Humbert Humbert in Lyne's film, is an uncompromising audiobook reader whose performances on cassette are as laudatory as his Academy AwardR-winning work on the silver screen. This landmark release is highly recommended for all library collections.‘Mark Annichiarico, "Library Journal"
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