Nabokov, Vladimir
Lolita (Read Red)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141023496
- author:
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 18.1 x 11.1 x 2.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Lolita is a complex and thought-provoking novel that explores the darker aspects of human obsession. Humbert Humbert's fixation on a young girl is both captivating and disturbing, raising questions about the nature of love and madness.
Nabokov's writing is renowned for its rich, elaborate style, which adds to the novel's sense of unease and tension. The story is a masterful exploration of the human psyche, with a savage humour that makes it both uncomfortable and compelling.
Adapted into films by Stanley Kubrick and Adrian Lyne, Lolita remains a powerful and thought-provoking work that continues to shock and awe readers to this day.
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