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A follow-up on those charges that Nabokov stole the idea for Lolita from a 1916 German novel. Several Nabokov scholars are quoted in this St. Petersburg Times article, offering arguments against the plagiarism charge. Some of these arguments include the assertion that Nabokov wasn’t interested in German literature; that his German wasn’t very good (this amused me–Nabokov liked to brag about his command of foreign languages, but I can’t remember whether he ever did so with German); that the theme of a young temptress appeared in one of his earlier novels; that Nabokov was working on Lolita concurrently with his Lectures on Don Quixote, so there is that Dolores connection; and that Nabokov himself was plagiarized by others. The most compelling argument, though, was that the burden of proof should be on those who make the accusations.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.