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| Author | Pia Pera |
|---|---|
| Original title | Diario di Lo |
| Translator | Ann Goldstein |
| Language | Italian |
| Genre | Fiction |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | Italy |
Published in English | 1999 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 363 |
| ISBN | 0964374021 |
Lo's Diary (Italian: Diario di Lo) is a 1995 novel (ISBN 0964374021) by Pia Pera, retelling Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita from the point of view of "Dolores Haze (Lolita)".[1][2][3]
It depicts Dolores as a sadist and a controller of everyone around her; for instance, she enjoys killing small animals. It also says that Dolores did not die in childbirth, Humbert Humbert did not kill Quilty, and that all three are still alive.[4][5] Most notably, the novel takes the interpretation of Humbert as being unattractive or repulsive: he even loses his teeth at one point.
- ^ Peter Bondanella, Andrea Ciccarelli (31 July 2003). The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 1139826107.
- ^ Dmitri Nabokov (23 August 1999). "On a book entitled "Lo's Diary"" (Opinion piece). Nerve Opinions. Nerve.com Inc. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ Pia Pera (9 September 1999). "Lo's Diary (Chapter 11)" (Extract from novel). Nerve Fiction. Nerve.com Inc. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ Ralph Blumenthal (10 October 1998). "Nabokov's Son Files Suit to Block a Retold 'Lolita'". The New York Times on the web: Arts. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ Corliss, Richard (10 October 1999). "Humming Along With Nabokov" (Article). Time Magazine World. Time Inc. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved 3 May 2012.