why this 'vivid, illicit' portrait of a pervert matters at a time of endless commodification of young girls
- Written by: Sally Breen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Publishing, Griffith University
Shutterstock, CC BYThis is part of an occasional series, making the case for or against controversial books.
In his afterword “On a Book Entitled Lolita”, Vladimir Nabokov never mentions the word paedophile. He never mentions the word rape either.
In his mind, Lolita is not about a man sexually and mentally abusing a 12-year-old girl....