great american writers!

denis jonnes (djengltl@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:06:51 +0900

Scottie--

You  pose such difficult questions--and to be honest I'm not  sure quite
how to take them.  But who, in the end, can really claim to be an
"American"--asides from certain characters in certain novels?  Or
rather, at what point in some mythical process, does one become this
mythical sort of beast?  I sometimes see Salinger referred to as an
Irish writer. 

Have to catch my bus!

Love and peace,

Denis