Lo's Diary

Lo's Diary is a 1999 novel (ISBN 0964374021) by Pia Pera, retelling Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita from the point of view of "Dolores Haze (Lolita)".[1][2]

It depicts Dolores as a sadist and a controller of everyone around her; for instance, she enjoys killing small animals. It also says that Dolores did not die in childbirth, Humbert Humbert did not kill Quilty, and that all three are still alive.[3][4] Most notably, the novel takes the interpretation of Humbert as being unattractive or repulsive: he even loses his teeth at one point.

Reception

Reception was mixed to negative, with critics agreeing that it did not live up to the source material. Entertainment weekly said it "drags down Nabokov's blackly satiric vision, set in atomic-age suburban America, to the level of a cynical 1990s teen sex comedy".[5]

Kirkus Reviews found it "a mix of wit and tedium in near-equal parts".[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Dmitri Nabokov (23 August 1999). "On a book entitled "Lo's Diary"" (Opinion piece). Nerve Opinions. Nerve.com Inc. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Pia Pera (9 September 1999). "Lo's Diary (Chapter 11)" (Extract from novel). Nerve Fiction. Nerve.com Inc. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  3. ↑ RALPH BLUMENTHAL (10 October 1998). "Nabokov's Son Files Suit to Block a Retold `Lolita'". The New York Times on the web: Arts. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Richard Corliss (10 October 1999). "Humming Along With Nabokov" (Article). Time Magazine World. Time Inc. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Charles Winecoff. "Lo's Diary". Entertainment Weekly, 29 October 1999.
  6. ↑ "LO'S DIARY". Kirkus Reviews, 15 September 1999.

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