tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902263795120479801.post2700124238334698135..comments2023-10-26T06:56:22.572-04:00Comments on Desktop Retreat: Lolita by Vladimir NabokovTrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902263795120479801.post-22309311815766300982012-04-09T18:00:53.418-04:002012-04-09T18:00:53.418-04:00Sam - I'd be interested to read his other book...Sam - I'd be interested to read his other books. He's quite an author!<br /><br />Crowe - it is indeed an appalling issue. Censorship is never a solution, especially concerning subjects like this.<br /><br />Cassandra - yes indeed it does. Hopefully you will have a chance to read it sometime. As for the Titanic, it is the hundredth anniversary of its sinking, so it does seem to be in the news a lot lately.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902263795120479801.post-27691957830698349062012-04-09T15:42:16.780-04:002012-04-09T15:42:16.780-04:00I definitely need to read this book!It sounds so f...I definitely need to read this book!It sounds so fascinating because it seems to be able to allow its reader a glance into a completely sick mind and from all I have heard it is very convincing.<br /><br />And Titanic seems to be everywhere at the moment, not that I would mind :)Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672158633910811092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902263795120479801.post-46955743047992342472012-04-09T14:57:11.285-04:002012-04-09T14:57:11.285-04:00Interesting take. I finally picked this book up la...Interesting take. I finally picked this book up last fall 'cause I'd been condemning it in my mind without actually reading it, which didn't seem quite fair. <br /><br />I was appalled throughout and never felt sorry for HUmbert, I'm afraid. So you and I differ on that particular point. But I wholeheartedly agree that nobody should be dictating what people are allowed to read this book!As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902263795120479801.post-41120635722086975962012-04-09T11:16:49.487-04:002012-04-09T11:16:49.487-04:00Totally agree about Nabokov manipulating the reade...Totally agree about Nabokov manipulating the reader - I found myself feeling sorry for Humbert at certain points but then felt appaled with myself! You almost believe his 'Lolita was a willing participant' line at certain points too, which is another clever trick of Nabokov's.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.com