Sarah Weinman

Autore di The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

10+ opere 1,285 membri 66 recensioni

Sull'Autore

Sarah Weinman is the author of The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece. She writes the crime column for the New York Times Book Review and lives in New York City.

Comprende il nome: Sarah Weinman

Serie

Women Crime Writers

Opere di Sarah Weinman

Popolari Recenti

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World (2018) 433 copie

Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense (2013) — A cura di — 173 copie

Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession (2020) — A cura di — 171 copie

Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1940s (2015) — A cura di — 162 copie

Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1950s (2015) — A cura di — 128 copie

Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment and the Courts to… (2022) 106 copie

Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s and 1950s (2015) — A cura di — 60 copie

Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning (2023) — A cura di — 49 copie

Pandemics: Epidemics in a Shrinking World (2007) 2 copie

Mysteries for Teens 1 copia

Esplora le opere

Opere correlate

Inherit the Dead (2013) — Collaboratore — 296 copie

The Damsel (1967) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 161 copie

Basic Black with Pearls (1981) — Postfazione, alcune edizioni — 140 copie

The Dame (1969) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 123 copie

Baltimore Noir (2006) — Collaboratore — 117 copie

Dublin Noir : The Celtic Tiger vs. The Ugly American (2003) — Collaboratore — 92 copie

A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir (2007) — Collaboratore — 79 copie

Long Island Noir (2012) — Collaboratore — 71 copie

Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted (2017) — Collaboratore — 48 copie

Alive in Shape and Color: 16 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired (2019) — Collaboratore — 47 copie

The Deadly Bride and 21 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Volume II (2006) — Prefazione — 26 copie

Etichette

2020 (5) Americano (6) Antologia (29) ARC (6) Audiolibro (9) Biografia (12) Criminalità (52) Critica letteraria (6) da leggere (160) donne (5) EBook (18) kindle (10) Letteratura (5) Letteratura americana (16) Letteratura gialla (14) letto (15) Library of America (36) Loa (13) Lolita (9) Mistero (51) Nabokov (9) Narrativa (64) New Jersey (7) noir (12) non letto (8) Novecento (9) posseduto (6) racconti (46) Romanzo (7) saggi (15) Saggistica (83) Sally Horner (5) Sequestro di persona (9) Stati Uniti d'America (5) Storia (16) storia americana (8) Suspense (16) Thriller (6) True Crime (93) Violenza sessuale (9)

Traduzione delle etichette attiva

Informazioni generali

Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Istruzione: John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Attività lavorative: News Editor for Publishers Marketplace
Agente: David Patterson (Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency)

Utenti

Recensioni

The real Lolita : the kidnapping of Sally Horner… di Sarah Weinman

Kind of mediocre non fiction. The connection between Vladimir Nabokov’s character and a real life kidnapping case described within is not really convincing. Perhaps, it’s that I hardly care whether Nabokov did base his famous novel Lolita on the case or not. His might have been better if the author had focused on true crime writing and not speculation. Then again that’s just my opinion.

Segnalato

nitrolpost | 27 altre recensioni | Mar 19, 2024 |

The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime,… di Sarah Weinman

I enjoyed the scope covered by this book. I wish the author would be more specific on certain points. For instance, when she danced around the question of whether Nabokov based the book on Sally Horner's ordeal, or not. She never explained why this was so important to establish. What if he did? What he did not but actually crafted the novel Lolita independent of any true events? I wonder was she implying he is a s*xual deviant. Or can we conclude it anyway based on his background.

Segnalato

PrincessPottymouth | 27 altre recensioni | Feb 2, 2024 |

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and… di Sarah Weinman

I have never read Lolita, but if I ever do, I can say with certainty that reading this book will have enhanced the experience. Everything I learned in this book is important, from the actual intent of the original book and the actual story of Sally Horner and what she suffered. So much is lost when you get swept up in what people assume is meant on something they've never read. This is a stark reminder of what is present- as well as what is not.
Technically speaking, this book is very well paced, easy to follow, and well written. Its respectful of the pain involved and doesn't go into unnecessary detail about any of the harm done. I recommend it to anyone who has the stomach for knowing more about the subject matters.… (altro)

Segnalato

potds1011 | 27 altre recensioni | Dec 24, 2023 |

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and… di Sarah Weinman

“The appreciation of art can make a sucker out of those who forget the darkness of real life.”

I’m not a big fan of true crime stories and I’ve never read Lolita or anything else from Nabokov, and I still found this a compelling story. Recommended.

[Note: I am no longer rating books with numerical or star ratings. ]

Segnalato

LizzK | 27 altre recensioni | Dec 8, 2023 |

Vedi altre recensioni