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Nabokov on Being an American "I'm as American as April in Arizona."

by Nick Horton

From an interview with Vladimir Nabokov in the Paris Review. He was asked, “Do you feel American?” “Yes, I do. I am as American as April in Arizona. The flora, the fauna, the air of the western states, are my links with Asiatic and Arctic Russia. Of course, I owe too much to the Russian… [Read More]

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