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notesofacrocodile 's review for:
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
// "she groped for words. i supplied them mentally ('he broke my heart. you merely broke my life')."
i feel like i still need to wait for everything to settle and collect my thoughts on this novel, but what i can say for sure is that it was rendered in the loveliest prose, a contrast to the horrifying and disgusting content it sought to convey; the crooked way that the pedophile protagonist uses his words to depict a story of tragic love, rather than a terrifying tale of grooming and sexual abuse. considering that nabokov himself was a victim of csa and had requested at the time of publication that his story not have any girls on the cover, it is sad to see that his request has been trampled over many times over the last few decades. most covers of this book attempt to portray some sexualised aspect of girlhood and that is very sad to see.
i feel like i still need to wait for everything to settle and collect my thoughts on this novel, but what i can say for sure is that it was rendered in the loveliest prose, a contrast to the horrifying and disgusting content it sought to convey; the crooked way that the pedophile protagonist uses his words to depict a story of tragic love, rather than a terrifying tale of grooming and sexual abuse. considering that nabokov himself was a victim of csa and had requested at the time of publication that his story not have any girls on the cover, it is sad to see that his request has been trampled over many times over the last few decades. most covers of this book attempt to portray some sexualised aspect of girlhood and that is very sad to see.