Re: The best American author of the 20th century is....
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First is certainly John Barth. Hemingway is second (though of more historical importance than Barth). Third I think is Don Delilo. I haven't read Faulkner or Henry Miller yet so I don't know about them. If we include immigrants then the winner would be Nabokov.
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I just can't get fully into Nabokov. His technical mastery is incredible, but his stuff has a certain artificial quality to it. Really liked Lolita and Glory , though.
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It can also be very dry and cold.
Wasn't he born in Russia and didn't he live there half his life? I don't think we can really call that American in terms of anything other than citizenship.
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