The Real Lolita, (Paperback)

from techeditor

THE REAL LOLITA by Sarah Weinman tells the true story of Sally Horner and shows again and again how that story influenced Vladimir Nabokov and his creation LOLITA. I can't imagine a more tragic story than Sally Horner's. She was kidnapped in New Jersey when she was just a child and repeatedly rap...

from RidgewayGirl

During the period when Vladimir Nabokov was writing his best-known work, a high profile criminal case was in the newspapers. Eleven-year-old Sally Horner was abducted and kept captive for twenty-one months by a man who told her he was an FBI agent. Her escape and return home were cause for much m...

from lamour

This is two books in one in that Weinman through incredible detective work provides us with the full story of the kidnapping of and twenty-two month travels with Sally Horner by Frank La Salle while also showing how Vladimir Nabokov used parts of this tragic event to create his masterpiece, Lolit...

from authorjanebnight

I had mixed feelings about this book. It was an interesting topic however the author admits that there is little information about what happened during the actual time Sally Horner was gone. There is also not much in the way of proof that this novel had anything to do with the writing of Lolita, ...

from wellreadcatlady

I received a free copy of The Real Lolita from Edelweiss Plus in exchange for a review! I never heard of Sally Horner and this book proves what a shame that is since her story inspired Lolita. Sarah describes Sally's ordeal of being kidnapped and abused for 2 years and how Nabokov came to learn a...