Лолита

Sorokaletniĭ literator i rantʹe, perebravshisʹ iz Parizha v Ameriku, vli͡ubli͡aetsi͡a v dvenadt͡satiletni͡ui͡u provint͡sialʹnui͡u shkolʹnit͡su, stremlenie obladatʹ kotoroĭ stanovitsi͡a ego gubitelʹnoĭ manieĭ. Prinesshai͡a Vladimiru Nabokovu (1899-1977) mirovui͡u izvestnostʹ, tekhnicheski odna iz naibolee sovershennykh ego knig - derzkai͡a, glubokai͡a, ostroumnai͡a, pronzitelʹnai͡a i zhivai͡a, - "Lolita" (1955) neizmenno delit chitateleĭ na dve kategorii: voskhishchennykh t͡seniteleĭ i͡arkogo iskusstva i vsekh prochikh.V seredine 60‑kh godov Nabokov sozdal russkui͡u versii͡u svoeĭ li͡ubimoĭ knigi, vnesi͡a v nee razlichnye dopolnenii͡a i utochnenii͡a. Russkoe izdanie uvidelo svet v Nʹi͡u-Ĭorke v 1967 godu. Nesmotri͡a na zapret, prodlivshiĭsi͡a do 1989 goda, "Lolita" poluchila v SSSR shirokoe rasprostranenie i okazala znachitelʹnoe vlii͡anie na vsi͡u posledui͡ushchui͡u russkui͡u literaturu.

A forty-year-old writer and rentier, having moved from Paris to America, falls in love with a twelve-year-old provincial schoolgirl, the desire to possess which becomes his destructive mania. Having brought Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) world fame, technically one of his most perfect books — bold, deep, witty, piercing and lively — “Lolita” (1955) invariably divides readers into two categories: admiring connoisseurs of bright art and all others.In the mid‑60s, Nabokov created a Russian version of his favorite book, making various additions and clarifications to it. The Russian edition was published in New York in 1967. Despite the ban, which lasted until 1989 “ "Lolita" was widely distributed in the USSR and had a significant impact on all subsequent Russian literature.