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Random House LOLITA on tape (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. Jeremy Irons' reading is splendid. Listening to LOLITA
(rather than reading it) allows one appreciate the lush, poetic
quality of Nabokov's prose in a new dimension. It is best done in small
doses since the whole is eleven-some hours.
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From: Andy Shaindlin <shain@umich.edu>
During a visit to Borders' Bookstore here in Ann Arbor today I noticed a
flyer for the new recording of LOLITA on audiocassette. The cover is a plain
black background with just the following, in white letters:
"Is America ready for Lolita?"
Inside is a photo of Jeremy Irons and in huge (c. 72 and 96 points of type)
letters:
"Lolita
Uncensored
Unabridged"
The text explains the details: LOLITA read by Irons on 8 cassettes, 11.5
hours, $39.95 ($49.95 in Canada). A quote from the Chicago _Tribune_ of Feb.
2, 1997 declares, in part, that the new version of the film is "a brave
remake considering the perfection of Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film...."
Andy Shaindlin
shain@umich.edu
(rather than reading it) allows one appreciate the lush, poetic
quality of Nabokov's prose in a new dimension. It is best done in small
doses since the whole is eleven-some hours.
-------------------------------------------------------
From: Andy Shaindlin <shain@umich.edu>
During a visit to Borders' Bookstore here in Ann Arbor today I noticed a
flyer for the new recording of LOLITA on audiocassette. The cover is a plain
black background with just the following, in white letters:
"Is America ready for Lolita?"
Inside is a photo of Jeremy Irons and in huge (c. 72 and 96 points of type)
letters:
"Lolita
Uncensored
Unabridged"
The text explains the details: LOLITA read by Irons on 8 cassettes, 11.5
hours, $39.95 ($49.95 in Canada). A quote from the Chicago _Tribune_ of Feb.
2, 1997 declares, in part, that the new version of the film is "a brave
remake considering the perfection of Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film...."
Andy Shaindlin
shain@umich.edu