The Two Lolitas

Zusatztext “Maar’s discovery is so astonishing that you would need to have firmly opted for ignorance to maintain it was unimportant.” —Daniel Kehlmann! from the preface Informationen zum Autor Michael Maar has taught at Stanford University and is a member of two German academies. A leading literary critic, he now lives in Berlin. Klappentext A leading German scholar reveals the secret history of Nabokov's infamous novel. Zusammenfassung Presents a literary detective story that investigates the possibility that Nabokov plagiarized Lolita from a work by a little-known Nazi journalist. This book uncovers a series of parallels between the two works and their authors. It casts light on the making of one of the works of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Maar
• Assisted by: Perry Anderson (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2005
• EAN: 9781844670383
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-038-3
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies