Lolita. The Script

"Lolita" — the most famous book by Vladimir Nabokov, the script of "Lolita," by the writer's own admission, — is his "most daring and risky enterprise in the field of dramaturgy." Written in Beverly Hills soon after the triumphant publication... of the novel in the USA, it was called "the best script ever created in Hollywood" and became the basis for the film of the same name directed by Stanley Kubrick. Unlike the novel, the script presents a different illumination, a different perspective, and the roles are distributed differently. Nabokov changed many details, invented new characters, created episodes that allow for a new look not only at the pattern of the tragic life of Humbert and Lolita but also at the conception of the novel itself.
In addition to Nabokov's preface, this edition contains archival materials, letters from Vladimir and Vera Nabokov regarding the adaptation of "Lolita," as well as a detailed essay and comments from the translator.

Author: Владимир Набоков

Printhouse: AST

Series: Nabokov's Corpus

Age restrictions: 18+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785171758592

Number of pages: 352

Size: 210x135x31 mm

Cover type: твердая

Weight: 415 g

ID: 1725825

"Lolita" — the most famous book by Vladimir Nabokov, the script of "Lolita," by the writer's own admission, — is his "most daring and risky enterprise in the field of dramaturgy." Written in Beverly Hills soon after the triumphant publication of the novel in the USA, it was called "the best script ever created in Hollywood" and became the basis for the film of the same name directed by Stanley Kubrick. Unlike the novel, the script presents a different illumination, a different perspective, and the roles are distributed differently. Nabokov changed many details, invented new characters, created episodes that allow for a new look not only at the pattern of the tragic life of Humbert and Lolita but also at the conception of the novel itself.
In addition to Nabokov's preface, this edition contains archival materials, letters from Vladimir and Vera Nabokov regarding the adaptation of "Lolita," as well as a detailed essay and comments from the translator.

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