Lolita - Lolita (English spelling)

Japanese: ロリータ - ろりーた(英語表記)Lolita
Lolita - Lolita (English spelling)

A full-length novel by American author Vladimir Nabokov. Published in Paris in 1955 (banned the following year), it became popular among tourists, and when it was published in the US in 1958, it immediately became a bestseller. Humbert Humbert is attracted to the beauty of his stepdaughter Dolores Hayes (Lolita), and drives his wife to a suicide-like car accident, embarking on a love escapade with Lolita across the US. However, Lolita escapes along the way. Humbert tracks down Quilty, who stole her from him, shoots him dead, and is imprisoned, where he reminisces about his love. The result is Lolita, a story of longing for beauty, perverse sexuality, and voyeurism (Bayerism), a mixture of reality and fantasy. Words such as nymphet and Lolita complex were born from this novel.

[Eiichiro Otsu]

"Lolita" translated by Yasuo Okubo (Shincho Bunko)

[References] | Nabokov

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカの作家ウラジーミル・ナボコフの長編小説。1955年パリで出版され(翌年発禁)、旅行者の間で評判になり、1958年アメリカで出版され、たちまちベストセラーとなる。ハンバート・ハンバートは義理の娘のドローレス・ヘイス(ロリータ)の美しさにひかれ、妻を自殺同然の自動車事故に走らせ、ロリータとの愛の逃避行をアメリカ中に繰り広げる。だがロリータは途中で逃げ出す。ハンバートは彼女を奪ったクィルティを探し出して射殺し、投獄され、そこで自分の愛を回想する。その手記が『ロリータ』で、いわば、現実と空想のないまぜになった、美へのあこがれと倒錯した性と窃視嗜愛(バヤーリズム)の物語。ニンフェット、ロリータ・コンプレックスなどのことばがここから生まれた。

[大津栄一郎]

『大久保康雄訳『ロリータ』(新潮文庫)』

[参照項目] | ナボコフ

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