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From: "Tim Puckett" <tpuckett@netcarrier.com>
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> Hello,
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> Has anyone on the list read, and can comment on the Italian novel (of
which
> I'm reading the english translation) called "Lo's Diary" by Pia Pera? It
is
> a pastiche of Nabokov's "Lolita" and has a forward by Dmitri Nabokov
> recounting it's publishing problems vis-a-vis copyright law.
>
> I'm interested in hearing comparisons of the plot and characters to the
> original. It features alot of back story at the Haze home prior to
Humbert's
> arrival, a more volatile relationship between Dolores and her mother, I
> think, than in the original, and some surreal elements like the garage
frog
> electric chair. I'm half way through and our resident monster Humbert is
> appearing none the worse, but poor Charlotte is coming across far worse
than
> in the original.
>
> Thanks. -Tim
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From: "Tim Puckett" <tpuckett@netcarrier.com>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (23
lines) ------------------
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Has anyone on the list read, and can comment on the Italian novel (of
which
> I'm reading the english translation) called "Lo's Diary" by Pia Pera? It
is
> a pastiche of Nabokov's "Lolita" and has a forward by Dmitri Nabokov
> recounting it's publishing problems vis-a-vis copyright law.
>
> I'm interested in hearing comparisons of the plot and characters to the
> original. It features alot of back story at the Haze home prior to
Humbert's
> arrival, a more volatile relationship between Dolores and her mother, I
> think, than in the original, and some surreal elements like the garage
frog
> electric chair. I'm half way through and our resident monster Humbert is
> appearing none the worse, but poor Charlotte is coming across far worse
than
> in the original.
>
> Thanks. -Tim
> ---
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