Lolita in the Afterlife: On Beauty, Risk, and Reckoning with the Most Indelible and Shocking Novel of the Twentieth Century by Jenny Minton Quigley

Lolita in the Afterlife: On Beauty, Risk, and Reckoning with the Most Indelible and Shocking Novel of the Twentieth Century

Jenny Minton Quigley with Erika L. Sánchez (Contributor), Alexander Chee (Contributor), Emily Mortimer (Contributor), Sarah Weinman (Contributor), Stacy Schiff (Contributor), Bindu Bansinath (Contributor), Jessica Shattuck (Contributor), Susan Choi (Contributor), Lila Azam Zanganeh (Contributor), Robin Givhan (Contributor), Kate Elizabeth Russell (Contributor), Lauren Groff (Contributor), Morgan Jerkins (Contributor), Zainab Salbi (Contributor), Claire Dederer (Contributor), Aleksandar Hemon (Contributor), Mary Gaitskill (Contributor), Kira von Eichel (Contributor), Jim Shepard (Contributor), Victor LaValle (Contributor), Christina Baker Kline (Contributor), Sloane Crosley (Contributor), Roxane Gay (Contributor), Jill Kargman (Contributor), Ian Frazier (Contributor), Andre Dubus III (Contributor), Cheryl Strayed (Contributor), Tom Bissell (Contributor), Dani Shapiro (Contributor), Laura Lippman (Contributor)

464 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

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A vibrant collection of sharp and essential modern pieces on Vladimir Nabokov’s perennially provocative book—with original contributions from a stellar cast of prominent twenty-first century writers.In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was published...

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reflective 85%
challenging 62%
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emotional 37%
sad 14%
tense 14%
funny 7%
inspiring 7%
hopeful 3%

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