Oh, 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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Re: strange relationships: a query
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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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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