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"Have you ever read Lolita?" So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson's
metamorphosis from student to lover and then victim. A lonely and
vulnerable high school senior, Alisson finds solace only in her
writing and in a young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. North. He
praises her as a special and gifted writer, and she blossoms under
his support and his vision for her future. Mr. North gives Alisson
a copy of Lolita to read, telling her it is a beautiful story about
love. The book soon becomes the backdrop to a relationship that
blooms from a simple crush into a forbidden romance, with Mr. North
convincing her that theirs is a love affair rivalled only by
Nabokov's masterpiece. But as time progresses and his hold on her
tightens, Alisson is forced to evaluate how much of that narrative
is actually a disturbing fiction. In the wake of what becomes a
deeply abusive relationship, Alisson is faced again and again with
the story of her past, from re-reading Lolita in college, to
working with teenage girls, to becoming a professor of creative
writing. It is only with that distance and perspective that she
understands the ultimate power language has had on her and how to
harness that power to tell her own true story. Being Lolita is a
stunning coming-of-age memoir of obsession, passion and
manipulation, shining a bright light on our shifting perceptions of
consent, vulnerability and power. This is the story of what happens
when a young woman realises her entire narrative must be rewritten
and then takes back the pen to rewrite it.
"Have you ever read Lolita?" So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson's
metamorphosis from student to lover and then victim. A lonely and
vulnerable high school senior, Alisson finds solace only in her
writing and in a young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. North. He
praises her as a special and gifted writer, and she blossoms under
his support and his vision for her future. Mr. North gives Alisson
a copy of Lolita to read, telling her it is a beautiful story about
love. The book soon becomes the backdrop to a relationship that
blooms from a simple crush into a forbidden romance, with Mr. North
convincing her that theirs is a love affair rivalled only by
Nabokov's masterpiece. But as time progresses and his hold on her
tightens, Alisson is forced to evaluate how much of that narrative
is actually a disturbing fiction. In the wake of what becomes a
deeply abusive relationship, Alisson is faced again and again with
the story of her past, from re-reading Lolita in college, to
working with teenage girls, to becoming a professor of creative
writing. It is only with that distance and perspective that she
understands the ultimate power language has had on her and how to
harness that power to tell her own true story. Being Lolita is a
stunning coming-of-age memoir of obsession, passion and
manipulation, shining a bright light on our shifting perceptions of
consent, vulnerability and power. This is the story of what happens
when a young woman realises her entire narrative must be rewritten
and then takes back the pen to rewrite it.
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