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When I read Vladimir Nabokov's classic years ago,
Lolita was the spitting image of Charlene . . .
Lolita was the spitting image of Charlene . . .
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[Sandy Klein sends a link to "Late-Night Encounters of a Literary Kind,"
a review of audiobooks by Richard O'Donnell in yesterday's Pittsburgh
Tribune Review. -- SES]
[. . .] A while back, I lent an ear to "Lolita," that sizzler from the
'50s about a dirty old man who chased a young girl -- a very young girl
-- for reasons you probably can figure out.
They say reading a book allows you to conjure up an image of a
character. In my case, when I read Vladimir Nabokov's classic years ago,
Lolita was the spitting image of Charlene, a girl on the next block.
Years later, I came across Charlene after she had been through the mill.
Sadly, it is that image I kept conjuring up during my second encounter
with the book. You can't win them all.
I stayed awake longer at night with "Lolita" than I have with "Treasure
Island." I don't mean to imply that Jeremy Irons, the voice on "Lolita,"
does a better job than David Case, who handles all those pirate parts in
the Robert Louis Stevenson story. [. . .]
Here's a link to the entire review:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/columnists/guests/s_462126.html
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a review of audiobooks by Richard O'Donnell in yesterday's Pittsburgh
Tribune Review. -- SES]
[. . .] A while back, I lent an ear to "Lolita," that sizzler from the
'50s about a dirty old man who chased a young girl -- a very young girl
-- for reasons you probably can figure out.
They say reading a book allows you to conjure up an image of a
character. In my case, when I read Vladimir Nabokov's classic years ago,
Lolita was the spitting image of Charlene, a girl on the next block.
Years later, I came across Charlene after she had been through the mill.
Sadly, it is that image I kept conjuring up during my second encounter
with the book. You can't win them all.
I stayed awake longer at night with "Lolita" than I have with "Treasure
Island." I don't mean to imply that Jeremy Irons, the voice on "Lolita,"
does a better job than David Case, who handles all those pirate parts in
the Robert Louis Stevenson story. [. . .]
Here's a link to the entire review:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/columnists/guests/s_462126.html
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu,chtodel@cox.net
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm