> By the way, I refuse to allow Nabokov to be considered anything other than an American novelist. He chose us.

> He's ours. And he's a genius who is, in relation to Bellow, what Shakespeare is to, say, Kit Smart. Adopted

> children agree, the one who broke their back to raise you is the true parent, not the one who merely begat you.

What an absurd statement. Isn’t the whole point of Nabokov that he transcends borders, language, etc? There can hardly be a more ‘international’ writer. He’s not more ‘yours’ than he’s anyone else’s. If you need affirmation through some petty nationalism, go and support a football team.

TA Colquhoun