Re: Lolita's Story To Be Printed in US
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:56:40 +1000
Chris Ohlhoff wrote:
> Is anyone interested in reading this rip-off, er, I mean, book?
Hmmm. And that's quite a long hmmm. Personally those dreadful `Sequel to
Gone With the Wind/Pride and Prejudice' etc churn my stomach in the same
way cover bands do young musicians starting out: because they drain away
money and interest from where the real stuff is. If it's a clever
postmodern petit-historie, I'll take a look. If it's a cynical cash in, I
may borrow it from the library in about three years' time. The fact that
this is receiving publicity whereas last year's publication of the short
story on which `Lolita' itself was based (long thought to be lost; even
Nabokov himself told the world he had incinerated it) got through with
barely a whisper probably says it all.
Camille
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