A simple plot points to high art
The Bookshop may not have all the answers about literature’s role in society, but it raises the questions
Vladimir Nabokov
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‘Lolita’ children’s beds cause a stir in UK
Woolworths stores in Britain have halted the sale of ”Lolita” beds designed for children, after a parents’ organisation complained the name is synonymous with sexually active preteens. Woolworths said staff members had been unaware of the name’s connection with Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel Lolita.
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Son hints he will burn Nabokov’s last work
The last unpublished work of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers may be close to being destroyed in fulfilment of the author’s last wishes, his son has hinted. Vladimir Nabokov requested in his will that his unfinished novel, The Original of Laura, be destroyed on his death.
