Stilled, and Drawn

Browsing an article about how nationalism has pinched Gogol for the Ruskies, the guardian pondered whether Swift should be grabbed by the English, I pondered an extrapolation of this nonsense. The masterful Ivo Andric is claimed to varying degrees by nearly all of the former Yugoslavia.

I am simply grateful in the besotted and filthy age to have access to such jewels as Dead Souls and Bridge on the River Drina.