Lo's Diary
| Author | Pia Pera |
|---|---|
| Original title | Diario di Lo |
| Translator | Ann Goldstein |
| Language | Italian |
| Genre | Fiction |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | Italy |
Published in English | 1999 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 363 |
| ISBN | 0964374021 |
Lo's Diary (Italian: Diario di Lo) is a 1995 novel (ISBN 0964374021) by Pia Pera, retelling Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita from the point of view of "Dolores Haze (Lolita)".
It depicts Dolores as a sadist and a controller of everyone around her; for instance, she enjoys killing small animals. It also says that Dolores did not die in childbirth, Humbert Humbert did not kill Quilty, and that all three are still alive. Most notably, the novel takes the interpretation of Humbert as being unattractive or repulsive: he even loses his teeth at one point.