Lolita 55.

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55 years ago , August 18, 1958 , out of print novel by Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita ."


105 participants from 34 countries have submitted 155 applications for the competition Lolita Cover Contest to create the cover of the novel by Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita ." The organizer of the contest - the architect John Bertram /​​John Bertram, a great connoisseur of Russian history, culture and literature. In summing up of the competition had some difficulties , since it was very difficult to choose the best work of the great variety of the presented artwork . In the end, John Bertram has decided to publish the book , which consists of dozens of the best covers , trying to uncover the complexity of the famous novel and its main character .

Several covers :

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[Glasha]

That's interesting.
Only twenty of the featured even I would have chosen ten (those who are "not in the forehead").

Although the book of dozens of covers - also not a bad idea.

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Although the book of dozens of covers - also not a bad idea.

In the book, as I understand, a lot of covers, but there is a real cover editions of the novel is less than specially devised for the project.