Other Authors


Subject: Other Authors
From: Lambodara (ganesha@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2001 - 00:38:46 GMT


fans of salinger (as represented on this list anyway) seem to have plenty of interests in the world of art (or psuedo-art) and literature, so I was wondering what other authors you all read. I have just finished Ahwosg by Dave Eggers and think that salinger fans must love this guy. here we have someone who looks much like salinger at the world, uses almost the same prose form to approach his audience, and is readily available. you can talk to this guy, you can see him in bookstores...he's not finding Forrester's "the face". how does he seem to you? what intrigues you about him? and by the way...why does the literary world appreciate catcher (far from the top of my list) and pass over franny and zooey, which may well be the best book I have had the pleasure of reading. if I have offended you, or I have identified myself as a phoney, then turn me off and forget my mail, which shall go past you as innocuous and undoubtedly forgettable, which it is. but you know...i have read the bhagavad gita in Sanskrit, i have translated it, i have read 23 translations of it, and I think salinger is the only one who got the point. that means something in my book. that's my disconnected statement for the day,
so long
Stephen J Brown



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