Correspondence from Clairouin, January 1956 to June 27, 1956 ., January 1956, June 27, 1956

9 TL, 1 statement, in French, to VN (3) and VéN (5), and Michèle Manceaux of L'Express (1). Mostly regarding the foreign translation and publication of Lolita (into French with Gallimard, Swedish with Bonnier, and Danish with Reitzel). Ergaz believes it important to publish Lolita. with a firm like Gallimard, as Pauvert (associated with Olympia) has a certain reputation based on its publication of works such as The Story of O (which Ergaz feels has no literary value). To Manceaux, who has just completed an article on Lolita. she writes that Lolita. is not a work of pornography, and is not about the love of an "old man" for a little girl, but rather a man's love for a woman (3.2.56). Ergaz is beginning to find G. slippery and untrustworthy.