Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0011994, Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:21:39 -0800

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Re: Fwd: strange relationships: a query
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Donald B. Johnson writes:
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> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 02:53:49 +0300
> From: Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark05@mail.ru>
> Reply-To: Alexey Sklyarenko <skylark05@mail.ru>
> Subject: strange relationships: a query
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum
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> Dear all,

Hello Alexey,

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> 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)?

as a rather exotic example consider Die Gelehrtenrepulik ("The Egghead
Republic", "Respublika uch'onikh") by Arno Schmidt, where main character
is a grand-grand-nephew of the author.

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> Many thanks,
> Alexey
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Nikita.

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