Re: nabokov, america, salinger
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:53:03 +1000
In Australia this is an enormous issue - although we don't really have that
american style patriotism, there is a fierce national loyalty which we are
at the moment debating - the Prime Minister is trying to write a new
preamble to the constitution and has so far managed to insult just about
anyone who is not blonde haired, blue eyed and male. That's just the kinda
guy he is ): Australia is one of the most fiercely and proudly
multicultural countries in the world, where a second generation lebanese is
just as likely to call him or herself Australian as an anglo-saxon whose
family came out on the first fleet. that's why I love the place.
apologies for any spelling mistages here but this is coming out greek again
..
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
@ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
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> 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.