Chapter 143 Lolita

Lolita Recently, there is another novel written by a Russian, like Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago". In this way, it caused an uproar in the European literary world.But this time it is not about literature and politics, but about It's about literature and pornography. The novel that caused the problem: It was written by a White Russian writer living in the United States, his name was Volati Mil Rabokov.This novel, written several years ago, is titled Loliia, The center of the story is an affair between a forty-year-old man and a twelve-year-old woman.rapokoff is He has learned to write in English. He has published several novels in the United States, and he is often published in several streams.

published short stories in periodicals, but after the draft of "Lolida" was completed, due to the pornographic relationship of the content, Unexpectedly, there was no publisher in the United States for a while.Later, it was taken to Paris and published by an "Oringpeia Publishing House". Version.Originally, any various works that are inconvenient to be published in other countries will always be published in France Opportunities, too, have their patrons.Somehow, after the English edition of Lolita was published in France, It caught the attention of the French authorities, who first refused to allow the book to be exported, and then banned it altogether.This way,

It’s really a blessing in disguise, “Lolida” is worth so much, I didn’t want to publish this novel at first American publishers rushed to publish it when they saw that the French had already made an "advertisement" for it.nature, Some people cursed and some people cheered.But in any case, after it was published in the United States, it became one of the best-selling books. one. Although the United Kingdom and the United States are countries with the same language, their publishers have separate schools and are divided into two cities. field. After "Lolida" was published in the United States and became a bestseller, a bookstore in England also took over the book.

Contact UK publishing, and decided to publish this spring.But there is one week that sells the most in the UK The editors of the daily newspapers, having received this news, launched a sudden campaign to prevent the publication of "Lorida" in the Published in the UK.The editor was originally a loyal reader of "Lorida", and he had already bought a copy of Paris However, after reading it, I thought it was an obscene book I had never seen before, so I made up my mind to stop it Published in the UK. If everyone agrees with the idea of ​​this righteous editor, it will naturally be successful in one fell swoop.

At least there will be no controversy.But at the same time there is another group of writers in Britain, some of whom are very Enlightened and respected writers all stood up against the editor's claim, saying that his attitude was too low Narrow and dogmatic, the quality of a book should be decided by the readers, not just based on his own opinion. Deciding that this is an unnecessarily bad book deprives readers of their freedom of judgment. As stated in the latest issue of the monthly "Books and Readers" in the UK, the British publishing and reading circles The tendency of the debate on this matter has become that it is not a question of whether "Lorida" is good or bad, but that of literature.

The difference between works and pornographic texts, and who has the right to prevent readers from reading this and that question.