Re: nabokov, america, salinger
Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:35:49 +0100
To modify the immortal words of the Duke of Wellington:
'Just because a man lives in a stable doesn't mean he's a horse.'
I first came to live in Ireland when I was 9. I trust no one
will have the effrontery to call me an Irishman.
(I wonder why it seems to be assumed I was using
the epithet 'American' is some kind of pejorative
way? It simply struck me as a bit presumptuous
to apply it to a writer whose whole style & house
of references was distinctly Russian - or at least
European.)
Scottie B.