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A great title can be nobly direct (Nabokov's Speak, Memory ; Jack Paar's I Kid You Not ), bitterly cryptic (Josef von Sternberg's Fun in a Chinese Laundry ; Adolf Loos' Nevertheless ), or too clever by half ( Roman by Polanski).
The week after the movie version of Nabokov's Lolita aired on Showtime, the book jumped from 204 to make a surprise appearance at 121.
Should she write New York Times op-ed pieces about bad Republicans, or should she just write novels like Nabokov?
The New York Public Library is also getting in on the action with an exhibit of Nabokov's manuscripts and personal effects, such as his glasses and butterfly net.
Pera seems to have no understanding whatsoever of what Nabokov was up to in Lolita , and so cannot begin to re-imagine his story in any meaningful way."