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Nadine
German review (english review further down):
Humpert, der pädophile Ich-Erzähler befriedigt seine Triebe, indem er aus der Ferne junge Mädchen (Nymphets, oder im deutschen Nymphchen genannt) beobachtet und gelegentlich junge Prostituierte aufsucht. Nachdem seine Ehe gescheitert ist, wird er Untermieter einer alleinerziehenden Mutter, allein auf Grund der Tochter Lolita, die genau seinem Ideal entspricht. Schließlich heiratet er die Mutter sogar, um in der Nähe der Tochter zu bleiben. Als die Mutt
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Yair Ben-Zvi
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It's rare to read a book so substantive, so filled to bursting with good, with bad, with abstract and solid ideas, beautiful and horrid details and images described that can make a person weep with sorrow, disgust and even joy. Nabokov has created something simple at times, even boring (i won't lie the book drags at several stretches) and almost viciously moving at other times. Humbert Humbert has to be one of the most fleshed out and nuanced protagonists of any story I've read, leave it to Nabo ...more
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Nabokov's beautiful prose is mesmerizing to say the least. His writing is arguably among the very best of the twentieth century. The fact that this was not his native tongue is only that much more impressive:

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