tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post1511527599133848551..comments2024-03-04T11:22:53.502-05:00Comments on Fifty Books Project 2023: Book 5: Lolita, by Vladmir NabokovFifty Books Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640286429668778869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-22883273234379975292017-01-25T10:42:09.251-05:002017-01-25T10:42:09.251-05:00I think Nabokov reveled in the idea of his books b...I think Nabokov reveled in the idea of his books being "too much."<br /><br />You should read Penelope Fitzgerald's <i>The Bookshop</i>, which is about a woman who opens a bookshop in a small English coastal town where it's not really wanted. Her biggest success turns out to be stocking a bunch of copies of <i>Lolita</i>, which the repressed townsfolk go mad for.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.com