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A drawing of Lolita after the Lolita movie poster. She is sucking on a lollipop and wearing heart shaped glasses. Reflected in the glasses are scenes from the novel “Naomi.”
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Word for Word: Stop calling ‘Naomi’ the Japanese Lolita

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Is “Naomi” by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki the “Japanese Lolita,” or is this nickname just a way to inferiorize a non-Western book? Anna R. Naigeborin PO ’28 compares the two novels and settles this debate.

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