Re [NABOKV-L] Grigoriy Akimovich
Subject:
Re: [NABOKV-L] Grigoriy Akimovich
From:
Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@att.net>
Date:
3/16/2013 9:26 PM
To:
Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu>

Andrey's brother Christopher Vinelander is a namesake of Columbus (whose name means "Christ-bearer").
 
Perhaps so, but Columbus (the pigeon) is now most likely believed to have been an exile from the Inquisition in Naples, fleeing from the frying pan into the fires of Spain. It worked and he escaped not only the Inquisition but discovered a Terra Nova.

Forgot to mention that he is believed to have been of 'Marrano' extraction, i.e., Jewish.
Carolyn
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