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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know what you expect to get from the synopsis— that’s probably the worst way to engage with literature or art. It’s like me saying Robert Mapplethorpe took pictures of penises— what do you think of that?[/quote]

NP.  Even if the photos are "arty", not interested in a gallery full of that kind of art.  Likewise, I've skimmed bits of Lolita to better understand the cultural references and the Nabokov phenomenon.  Came away with...it's pretty gross, I still don't understand Nabokov-worship, and I don't have enough life left to waste time on a full read-through.

A lot of stuff that people liked in the 50s-70s because the works were topically transgressive seem pretty shite now.  I read Myra Breckinridge once while stuck at a ski cabin...another trashy but (once) popular novel.  The World According to Garp, etc.  Lolita's just slightly more literary than those.  Because Nabokov was fancier...foreign, academic, etc.
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It's a pretty short book. You're not going to waste much of your life if you decide to wear it. We're not talking about Rise and Fall of the Third Reich here.[/quote]

PP.  I get it.  I had it in my hand and flipped through it, reading some pages here amd there.

And this is the first post after 1.5 years that made me realize the barf emoji is not a standard DCUM emoji option.

I no longer read things just because they are famous.  I am a fast reader but also a careful reader.  I have no more mindshare for pervy old men - fictional or not.[/quote]

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