Lolita's Story To Be Printed in US
Jim Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:48:44 -0400
Lolita's Story To Be Printed in US
.c The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A retelling of ``Lolita'' from the nymphet's point of
view
will be published in the United States under an agreement with author
Vladimir Nabokov's son, who had called the new book a rip-off.
Under the deal with new publisher Foxrock Inc., Dmitri Nabokov will write
a
preface, and author Pia Pera will write an afterword to the
English-language
U.S. edition. Both will receive 5 percent of royalties from the edition,
The
New York Times reported today.
In November, publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux had settled a copyright
infringement lawsuit filed by Dmitri Nabokov by canceling plans to
publish
``Lo's Diary'' this summer.
The book, published in Italy and several other countries, can now be
published in Britain and is set for an October U.S. publishing date.
The agreement also protects the copyright interests of Dmitri Nabokov in
his
late father's book, which has sold 50 million copies in 20 languages.
But because there was no legal ruling, the question of how far authors
can go
in using characters and scenes created by others remains unresolved.
In her book, Ms. Pera, 42, parodies Nabokov's story of a middle-age
professor
sexually obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, writing the tale from the
child's
point of view.
The lawsuit to block U.S. and British publication of ``Lo's Diary'' was
filed
in Manhattan federal court in October.
The suit claimed the book is ``inferior and amateurish merchandise'' that
tarnishes the reputation of Nabokov's original work. ``Lolita,''
published in
the United States in 1955 by Random House, is protected under copyright
until
2050.
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