tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post114794759580447526..comments2023-10-17T12:07:59.225+02:00Comments on Sam's Spot: LolitaSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1148016678782468452006-05-19T07:31:00.000+02:002006-05-19T07:31:00.000+02:00Hi Erin- I'm glad you posted that because I did th...Hi Erin<BR/>- I'm glad you posted that because I did think he write really well. So this was his little fantasy he had to write out. *sigh*<BR/>Like Kate said, it was punishment for all in volved, even the reader.<BR/>LOLSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1148012983588712502006-05-19T06:29:00.000+02:002006-05-19T06:29:00.000+02:00This was Mr. Iles's only book that I've had issue ...This was Mr. Iles's only book that I've had issue with. He has a gift with words really...but the subject of Turning Angel was just something I couldn't handle.<BR/><BR/>Will I read more of his books? Of course. Like I said, he's an incredible writer. I'll just be more careful...skimming more parts of the book in the store before buying.Erin the Innocenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074095793492216013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1147988105539458602006-05-18T23:35:00.000+02:002006-05-18T23:35:00.000+02:00oh interesting comments over there: " . . novel wh...oh interesting comments over there: " . . novel which scolds those beautiful young girls for being so seductive and good in bed."<BR/>Do you think another commentator has it right to peg it as a kind of a fantasy thing for a middle-aged male writer? <BR/><BR/><BR/>Hell, maybe I should just get thing from the library.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1147987877809905562006-05-18T23:31:00.000+02:002006-05-18T23:31:00.000+02:00Have you read any Beatrice Small? She's got HEAs w...Have you read any Beatrice Small? She's got HEAs with that kind of set up. So this Turning Angel -- doesn't the girl ending up dead seem like some kind of punishment for everyone involved? (I cruised over to Amazon to see it)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1147977535352219402006-05-18T20:38:00.000+02:002006-05-18T20:38:00.000+02:00She was not innocent, but at the same time - she w...She was not innocent, but at the same time - she was. She seemed to be untouched by everything. He used nymphet all the time to describe her, and nymphs were certainly not, in Greek myths, innocent. They weren't quite human, and yet he never dehumanized his characters. (Nabakov - thanks - I'd completely forgotten the authot's name except that it was Russian, lol.) <BR/>Anyhow - I have to agree with your comment.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560969.post-1147974490314486402006-05-18T19:48:00.000+02:002006-05-18T19:48:00.000+02:00that's an interesting analysis.i also believe that...that's an interesting analysis.<BR/>i also believe that nabakov was showing how wrong and dirty humbert was, but i also think he did a good job of showing that lolita wasn't a completely naive and innocent - and how the combination of the two characters could lead to disasterous results.barista brathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510119815921727298noreply@blogger.com