What if Lolita had Lived: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

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Holly Miller

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What if Lolita had Lived: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Writing Women Podcast

42 minutes 13 seconds

2 years ago

What if Lolita had Lived: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Content warning: discussions around the depictions of childhood sexual abuse, rape, grooming, manipulation

Kate Elizabeth Russell's 2020 novel, My Dark Vanessa, captures the intricate nuances of how one of the legacies of Vladimir Nobokov's controversial 1955 novel, Lolita, has been utilised by child sexual abusers as a tool for their manipulation. In this narrative, however, set in the dawn of MeToo reckonings, Russell gives Vanessa the gift not afforded to Dolores Haze, Vanessa lives.

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