This event has passed.The Real Lolita Sunday, November 18, 2018 @ 1:00 pmRoom 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor) 300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States Sarah Weinman’s nonfiction book The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World investigates the true crime that inspired Nabokov to write his classic novel. In conversation with Ron Charles. Add to Schedule + Google Calendar+ Add to iCalendar Details Date: Sunday, November 18, 2018 Time: 1:00 pm Authors Ron Charles Ron Charles is a book critic for The Washington Post, where he hosts the TotallyHipVideoBookReview.com Sarah Weinman Sarah Weinman is the editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives. She covers book publishing for Publishers Marketplace, and has written for the New York Times, the New Republic, the Guardian, and Buzzfeed, among other outlets. The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World (Ecco) is her latest book. Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner. Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, The Real Lolita tells Sally Horner’s full story for the very first time. By diving deeper in the publication history of Lolita and restoring Sally to her rightful place in the lore of the novel’s creation, The Real Lolita casts a new light on the dark inspiration for a modern classic. Venue Name: Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor) Location: 300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States Other Language English Occurrence Annual
Details Date: Sunday, November 18, 2018 Time: 1:00 pm Authors Ron Charles Ron Charles is a book critic for The Washington Post, where he hosts the TotallyHipVideoBookReview.com Sarah Weinman Sarah Weinman is the editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives. She covers book publishing for Publishers Marketplace, and has written for the New York Times, the New Republic, the Guardian, and Buzzfeed, among other outlets. The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World (Ecco) is her latest book. Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner. Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, The Real Lolita tells Sally Horner’s full story for the very first time. By diving deeper in the publication history of Lolita and restoring Sally to her rightful place in the lore of the novel’s creation, The Real Lolita casts a new light on the dark inspiration for a modern classic. Venue Name: Room 2106 (Building 2, 1st Floor) Location: 300 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132 United States
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