The Real Lolita
The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner.Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, The Real Lolita tells Sally Horner's full story for the very first time. Drawing upon extensive investigations, legal documents, public records and interviews with remaining relatives, Sarah Weinman uncovers how much Nabokov knew of the Sally Horner case and the efforts he took to disguise that knowledge d…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4746-0562-5
- EAN: 9781474605625
- Produktnummer: 28546925
- Verlag: Orion
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'642 KB
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Sarah Weinman
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