Nabokov, Amis, Atta

[Ya Sam]

When you read Nabokov's 'American' novels do you feel that they are written 
by a non-native speaker? I would say that his syntax sometimes is more 
Russian than English.


>From: MalignD at aol.com
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Nabokov, Amis, Atta
>Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:29:14 EDT
>
><< I dislike Lolita--it is a trick of a book ... >>
>
>Some trick ...
>
><<written to expose adolescent boys to N.'s disdain for American culture. 
> >>
>
>I've always taken Lolita as revealing N.'s infatuation with American 
>culture.
>
>But I'll give you one for originality:  you're the first I've heard mention
>Lolita as having to do with adolescent boys.

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