An edition of Lolita (1955)

Lolita

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An edition of Lolita (1955)

Lolita

  • 3.95 ·
  • 80 Ratings
  • 2019 Want to read
  • 139 Currently reading
  • 139 Have read

La historia de la obsesión de Humbert Humbert, un profesor cuarentón, por la doceañera Lolita es una extraordinaria novela de amor en la que intervienen dos componentes explosivos: la atracción «perversa» por las nínfulas y el incesto. Un itinerario a través de la locura y la muerte, que desemboca en una estilizadísima violencia, narrado, a la vez con autoironía y lirismo desenfrenado, por el propio Humbert Humbert. "Lolita" es también un retrato ácido y visionario de los Estados Unidos, de los horrores suburbanos y de la cultura del plástico y del motel. En resumen, una exhibición deslumbrante de talento y humor a cargo de un escritor que confesó que le hubiera encantado filmar los picnics de Lewis Carrol.

«Ningún amante ha pensado en su amada con tanta ternura, ninguna mujer ha sido tan embelesadamente evocada, con tanta gracia y delicadeza, como Lolita» (Lionel Trilling).

«La obra más satisfactoria –quizá la única satisfactoria– de la literatura erótica que haya leído... Mientras nuestro siglo entra en sus años finales, la última carcajada puede ser la mejor de todas: la Gran Novela Americana fue escrita por un ruso» (Alan Levy).

«Entre las más sutiles y complejas creaciones literarias de nuestro tiempo. Lo cual no significa, por cierto, que no sea un libro provocador» (Mario Vargas Llosa).

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Publisher
Anagrama
Language
Spanish
Pages
392

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Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
2016-10-13, Anagrama
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1993, Orion
in English - promotional edition
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1986-07, Berkley Books
mass market paperback in English - Berkley edition, thirty-fifth printing
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1979, Guild Publishing
hardcover in English
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1979, Guild Publishing
hardcover in English
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1968-03, Berkley Publishing Corporation
mass market paperback in English - Berkley Medalion 2nd, second printing
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1960-10, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
hardcover in English - Fourth impression
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Lolita
1960-01, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
hardcover in Italian - XII
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1959-12, Crest Giant
mass market paperback in English - First Crest printing
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1958, G. P. Putnam's Sons
hardcover in English - Eleventh impression
Cover of: Lolita
Lolita
1958, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Putnam
hardcover in English - Eighth impression

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Barcelona, Spain

Edition Notes

Series
Edición Limitada

Contributors

Translator
Francesc Roca

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
392

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31849729M
ISBN 13
9788433928473

Work Description

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he sexually molests after he becomes her stepfather. "Lolita" is his private nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English and first published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press. Later it was translated into Russian by Nabokov himself and published in New York City in 1967 by Phaedra Publishers.



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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins.
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January 27, 2021 Edited by tagomago Reverted the written accent deletion in "Edición Limitada".
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January 8, 2021 Edited by tagomago Added new cover
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