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Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 20:40:46 +0300
From: Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark05@mail.ru>
Reply-To: Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark05@mail.ru>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: strange relationships: a query
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
Re: strange relationships: a queryOh, I just wondered whether such relationship
could occur only in Russian fiction. As you remember, in Eugene Onegin Pushkin
calls Buyanov (the hero of his uncle Vasiliy L'vovich's poem "Opasnyi Sosed"),
who is also a character in EO: one of the guests at Tatyana's nameday (Cantos
Five & Six), "my first cousin" (moi brat dvoiurodnyi Buyanov). I suspect that
in Ada, which is a typically Russian novel and, moreover, has much in common
with EO, VN will turn out to be Ada's brother in law (dever').
Alexey
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From: Donald B. Johnson
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Subject: Fwd: Re: strange relationships: a query
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Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 07:45:38 -0800
From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: strange relationships: a query
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
Dear all,
Does anyone know of a non-Russian novel in which one of the characters is a
relative of the author (who may also appear in that novel as a character)?
Many thanks,
Alexey
Dear Alexey,
The only thing that springs to mind is Gore Vidal. I stay away from him as
much as possible myself, but I do know that his family history includes some
illustrious Americans and that he may have tackled some of them in his
historical novels. It wouldn't surprise me to learn he had tucked himself in
as well. Sorry I can't be more specific, but it's a place to start.
Why do you ask?
Carolyn
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Dear all,
Does anyone know of a non-Russian novel in which one of the characters is a
relative of the author (who may also appear in that novel as a character)?
Many thanks,
Alexey
Dear Alexey,
The only thing that springs to mind is Gore Vidal. I stay away from him as
much as possible myself, but I do know that his family history includes some
illustrious Americans and that he may have tackled some of them in his
historical novels. It wouldn't surprise me to learn he had tucked himself in as
well. Sorry I can't be more specific, but it's a place to start.
Why do you ask?
Carolyn
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