Paperback, 228 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 1983 by McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Here is the text of Nabokov's own screen adaptation of his celebrated novel, written in California in 1960 for the director Stanley Kubrick. The film was made by Kubrick, with heavy modifications of Nabokov's script, and released in 1962 - a critical and commercial success. In his forward to this book, Nabokov records his reaction upon seeing the final result - "a mixture of aggravation, regret, and reluctant pleasure...Kubrick saw my novel in one way, I saw it in another."
This book provides a fascinating look into the creative process, showing a writer's struggle to turn his own literary masterpiece into a movie script. This is a must for students of the problems of novels versus movies and for fans of Lolita, the novel and the movie.
(back cover)
Here is the text of Nabokov's own screen adaptation of his celebrated novel, written in California in 1960 for the director Stanley Kubrick. The film was made by Kubrick, with heavy modifications of Nabokov's script, and released in 1962 - a critical and commercial success. In his forward to this book, Nabokov records his reaction upon seeing the final result - "a mixture of aggravation, regret, and reluctant pleasure...Kubrick saw my novel in one way, I saw it in another."
This book provides a fascinating look into the creative process, showing a writer's struggle to turn his own literary masterpiece into a movie script. This is a must for students of the problems of novels versus movies and for fans of Lolita, the novel and the movie.
(back cover)
The silence of Dolores is ear-splitting. Well, except for the bit about everyone hating all that fucking French. I choose to believe that was an authentic thought untinged by Humbert's narration.
The silence of Dolores is ear-splitting. Well, except for the bit about everyone hating all that fucking French. I choose to believe that was an authentic thought untinged by Humbert's narration.
I CANNOT BELIEVE I BOUGHT THIS ABOUT SOME PERVERT!! I HATE PERVERTS! I KNOW TOO MANY PERVERTS!!! I should have come to goodreads like I had planned and reviewed the book. I heard it was an excellent piece of literature but on a personal level I don't know if I can read it. I don't know if I can. I could not read The Lovely Bones for the same reason. That book sent me into a tailspin of horrific memories and I haven't picked it back up. PLEASE someone tell me this book has some redeeming qualities or I've just wasted $15.
I CANNOT BELIEVE I BOUGHT THIS ABOUT SOME PERVERT!! I HATE PERVERTS! I KNOW TOO MANY PERVERTS!!! I should have come to goodreads like I had planned and reviewed the book. I heard it was an excellent piece of literature but on a personal level I don't know if I can read it. I don't know if I can. I could not read The Lovely Bones for the same reason. That book sent me into a tailspin of horrific memories and I haven't picked it back up. PLEASE someone tell me this book has some redeeming qualities or I've just wasted $15.
