Re: Lolita's Story To Be Printed in US
Chris Ohlhoff (chrisohlhoff@yahoo.com)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:35:15 -0700 (PDT)
Is anyone interested in reading this rip-off, er, I mean, book?
--- Jim Rovira <jrovira@juno.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
> AP-NY-06-17-99 0954EDT
>
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