How the Publishing Industry Failed "Lolita" (as told by terrible book covers)

“I want pure colors, melting clouds, accurately drawn details, a sunburst above a receding road with the light reflected in furrows and ruts, after rain. And no girls.”
-Vladimir Nabokov's instructions for the cover design of 'Lolita'

The difficulty of publishing a book like Lolita, not to mention the difficulty of how to market and sell the novel, has been consistent since its first publishing in 1955. In this video, I discuss the history of Lolita's book cover design and explore why such a novel is consistently misunderstood in pop culture.

Works Cited:
1. John Bertram -- https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-...
2. Dieter E. Zimmer --http://www.dezimmer.net/Covering%20Lo...
3. Peter Mendelsund in "Lolita: The Story of a Cover Girl" edited by John Bertram and Yuri Leving

Music:
Lobo Loco -- Salvation
Dee Yan-Key -- Rainy Holiday
Ketsa.uk -- Unsilenced

Artwork from:
"Lolita: The Story of a Cover Girl" edited by John Bertram and Yuri Leving
and
Dieter E. Zimmer --http://www.dezimmer.net/Covering%20Lo...