Minton Jenny - Lolita In The Afterlife On Beauty Risk And Reckoning With The Most Indelible And Shocking Novel Of The Twentieth Century - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A vibrant collection of sharp and essential modern pieces on Vladimir Nabokov's perennially provocative book with original contributions from a stellar cast of prominent twenty - first century writers. In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita was published in the United States to immediate controversy and bestsellerdom. More than sixty years later this phenomenal novel generates as much buzz as it did when originally published. Central to countless issues at the forefront of our national discourse art and politics race and whiteness gender and power sexual trauma Lolita lives on in an afterlife as blinding as a supernova. Lolita in the Afterlife is edited by the daughter of Lolita's original publisher in America. WITH Contributions BY Robin Givhan Aleksandar Hemon Jim Shepard Emily Mortimer Laura Lippman Erika L.s nchez Sarah Weinman Andre Dubus III Mary Gaitskill Zainab Salbi Christina Baker Kline Ian Frazier Cheryl Strayed Sloane Crosley Victor La Valle Jill Kargman Lila Azam Zanganeh Roxane Gay Claire Dederer Jessica Shattuck Stacy Schiff Susan Choi Kate Elizabeth Russell Tom Bissell Kira Von Eichel Bindu Bansinath Dani Shapiro Alexander Chee Lauren Groff Morgan Jerkins
Title: Lolita In The Afterlife On Beauty Risk And Reckoning With The Most Indelible And Shocking Novel Of The Twentieth Century
Author(s): Minton Jenny
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9781984898838
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 3/16/2021
Category: Literature: History & Criticism