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Article: Nabokov's power hangs on 'Lolita'.(ARTS & CULTURE)(THINK PIECE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2005
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Byline: Stefan Sullivan, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Vladimir Nabokov's sensational breakout novel, "Lolita," published 50 years ago this fall, not only lifted the author out of obscurity, it obscured everything he wrote before and after. Like J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield, Mr. Nabokov's literary creation, the nymphet Lo, has completely overshadowed a complex, if often exasperating, larger body of work.
In the past few months, "Lolita" has been on a birthday parade through the arts pages of the American media. Hardly addressed is the fact that it was Mr. Nabokov's 12th novel (and third in the English language). So, it's perhaps a good moment to ...