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1904672 No.1904672 [Reply] [Original]

It's good on several levels, but the best thing is the prose. So great! There are clever wordplays on almost every page, some of them genuis. The internal monologues are very funny. The way the narrator has multiple names for some people, esepcially himself, is humorous. He unfolds things in an very articulate way, like you might expect from a postmodern writer, with the unnecesarily complicated language producing it's own funniness. Even horrible acts make you laugh, because of the way it's written.

I wish I hadn't waited 2 years after buying this to read it. Opinions on it?

>> No.1904691

Yeah, it's a fun read.

>> No.1904693

The movie only failed because Kubrick wasn't free to make the movie he wanted to/should have.

>> No.1904703

>>1904693
I don't understand if Kubrick wanted it to be a dark comedy or a serious drama. It starts a comedy, but becomes more and more serious.

>> No.1904716

I like the way there are distinct 'phases' to the plot. Meeting Little Haze and marrying Big Haze. Being on the road with Lolita. Chasing after her when she is kidnapped. The events of the end of the novel. It's well structured, and each part feels different and interesting.

>> No.1904724

>>1904672

i fist got to make piece with what happened with my 'lolita' before i read this book

>> No.1904738

>>1904703
The saddest event in cinema was that kubrick didn't have permission to adapt Lolita however the fuck he wanted.

>> No.1904770

>>1904724

Could you make 'piece' with the English language, as well? I know it's the Internet, but COME ON. Try harder.