Why people recommend it
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a controversial novel centering on the obsessive, illicit obsession of a middle-aged literature professor with a young girl. Alexandra Jacobs expressed frustration on The Book Review over its absence from a road trip reading list. On No Stupid Questions, the host cited the novel to illustrate the unsettling idea that anyone might commit evil under specific conditions, while Angela Duckworth asked Mike Merman if he had read it to introduce a discussion on the nature of evil. Parsa Lotfi talked about listening to the audiobook rendition on The Book Review, where Philip Lopate also examined critical essays written about the text. Robert Greene mentioned the book on The Daily Stoic, and Paul Bloom cited it on Modern Wisdom as a favorite work exploring empathy for flawed characters. Finally, Duncan Trussell and Joe Rogan discussed the novel on The Joe Rogan Experience while touching on taboo relationships and age of consent laws.
Who recommended it
- Alexandra Jacobs Discussed
- Angela Duckworth Discussed
- Parsa Lotfi Discussed
- Philip Lopate Discussed
- Robert Greene Discussed
- Paul Bloom Discussed
- Duncan Trussell Discussed
Alexandra Jacobs — 1 mention
“I am absolutely furious that Lolita is not on this list. I don't know how it dropped off.”
Angela Duckworth — 1 mention
“and did you read Lolita by noov”
Parsa Lotfi — 1 mention
“I loved the Jeremy irons's rendition of Lolita and my roommate at one point asked me to stop because I would like clean the house while listening to Jeremy Irons”
Philip Lopate — 1 mention
“so for instance I have two essays in the Golden Age of the American essay one by Vladimir Nabokov about Lolita and the other by Lono trilling which is an analysis of Lolita now some readers will simply say Lolita is beyond the pale”
Robert Greene — 1 mention
“and kind of the main story the icon of it is the writer vladimir nabokov lolita among many other great novels”
Paul Bloom — 1 mention
“you know you're one of my favorite books is Lolita by Nava cough you know”
Duncan Trussell — 1 mention
“did you read that book Lolita no it's really good I used to Google search Lolita a lot”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“Much like Nabokov forces us to do in Lolita, the truly unsettling part, the terrifying thing, is realizing that each one of us might be capable of committing an evil act given the right reasons.”
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Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I think he was I think I remember reading that he was kind of uh obsessed with that book Lolita. Like he had like something like 30 copies of it or something.”
“So, for example, people just believe, and I'm sure you've seen this, that Epstein must have referred to his private plane as Lolita Express. Therefore, anybody who was ever on the plane must have known that this was like a child sex trafficking plane because why else would it be named the Lolita Express after the famous book about, you”
“much like nikov forces us to do in Lolita”
“I mean he he made he made Lolita Doctor Strange Love is an adaptation of a of a novel by Terry Southern Barry lyen Clockwork Orange you know the majority maybe of of Kubrick's features”
“and we can even wrap our heads around like reading lolita like okay she's 14 12. okay it's still a female an infant”
“It's a song about a guy who's getting lured in by a young Lolita”
“what's interesting is that that book Lolita what is that book I don't know I read it I want to say don't know I read it I think I read it in Russian”