The Real Lolita
The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World
The real-world instance of child abduction which inspired Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is investigated here. Mentioned by Humbert Humbert in an aside, Frank La Salle's kidnap of eleven-year-old Sally Horner in 1948 offers a window into the darker currents of post-war America, presented here by the author of Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives.
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- ISBN: 978-1-4746-0559-5
- EAN: 9781474605595
- Produktnummer: 20400602
- Verlag: Orion Publishing Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H14.3 cm x B22.2 cm x D2.9 cm 456 g
- Gewicht: 456
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Sarah Weinman is the editor of WOMEN CRIME WRITERS: EIGHT SUSPENSE NOVELS FROM THE 1940S AND 50S and TROUBLED DAUGHTERS, TWISTED WIVES: STORIES FROM THE TRAILBLAZERS OF DOMESTIC SUSPENSE. She is News Editor for PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE, where she works on PUBLISHERS LUNCH. Her essays, features, and reviews have appeared in many print and online publications, including the GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORKER and WASHINGTON POST. Her features have twice been finalists for Canadian National Magazine Awards.www.sarahweinman.com - @sarahw
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