RE: today's suck
Sean Draine (seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:20:03 -0700
Camille: "I know Stephen King said it, but it's still very true: ideas are
infinite
in the imagination, but only finite on paper."
Well said for a commercially successful writer. ;-)
I've come to the conclusion that Seymour's poetry, the Glass family, the
precocious children, can all be understood as ideals to be pursued but not
necessarily realized. The literary targets that Salinger references are
beyond the range of any writer, and actual people, with all of the mundane
concerns and affairs that come with being actual, simply can not live up the
impossible standards Salinger has set with his characters.
Regardless of whether these ideals could ever exist, the point is what
Salinger has produced in pursuit of them; a collection of writings that are
more unique, intelligent, and stylish than anything I've read from his
detractors.
-Sean