Ep 093 - Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
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Humbert Humbert's Guide to Pedophilia
i wonder if the intent though is to have the book actually build those bridges out to you and kind of scare you a little bit rather than inviting you to sympathize with him. i think it's more of a like holding up the mirror and saying like this is possible this is sure this is a possible end point for this type of behavior or or even what do you feel this way about. The fact that it's not an objective narrator plays into that whole thing um I know they've made films of this book but a lot of what i was reading in prep kind of said that it needed to be it needs to be a subjective experience.
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