Lolita with afterward by Nabokov Author:Vladimir Nabokov The second most often cited title in Book Week's Poll of distinguished fiction, 1945-1965. ...is a major work of fiction and also a shocking book...both intensely lyrical and wildly funny. [TIME] ...chose his outrageous subject matter is that he wanted to write a story about love. ...no lover has thought of his beloved with so much tenderness... more », ...in such grace and delicacy as Lolita; one of the few examples of rapture in modern writing . [inside cover Lionel Trilling]« less