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Re: The most transgressive book ever published ("souffler" in
Lolita and beyond)
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[. . .] Vladimir Nabokov spoke perfect Russian and French before he
became the unrivaled master of English prose, and his 1955 masterpiece,
Lolita, was considered the most transgressive book ever published. (It
may still be.) Why, then, could he not bring himself to write the words
"blow" or "blowjob"? [. . .]
"Bring himself," indeed! It wasn't part of his upbringing, or of his
style. Are these locutions prerequisite for admission to the literary
Pantheon? This entire discussion seems to be going on in some adolescent
orgasmic haze . -- DN
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became the unrivaled master of English prose, and his 1955 masterpiece,
Lolita, was considered the most transgressive book ever published. (It
may still be.) Why, then, could he not bring himself to write the words
"blow" or "blowjob"? [. . .]
"Bring himself," indeed! It wasn't part of his upbringing, or of his
style. Are these locutions prerequisite for admission to the literary
Pantheon? This entire discussion seems to be going on in some adolescent
orgasmic haze . -- DN
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