V.Nabokov - Lolita - 1967
Nr 91201619
The first edition of the novel in Russian. The novel was written and first published in English in 1958 by Olympia Press in Paris. V.Nabokov’s postscriptum to the Russian edition: ‘Publishing lolita in Russian, I have a very simple goal: I want that my best English book - or, more modestly, one of my best English books - were correctly translated into my native language. It’s a bibliophile’s caprice!
The first edition of the novel in Russian. The novel was written and first published in English in 1958 by Olympia Press in Paris. V.Nabokov’s postscriptum to the Russian edition: ‘Publishing lolita in Russian, I have a very simple goal: I want that my best English book - or, more modestly, one of my best English books - were correctly translated into my native language. It’s a bibliophile’s caprice!