Re: Glass (and Me)
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Tue, 04 Aug 1998 15:46:21 +1000
> Several times in this story, Buddy had to clarify whether he was
> addressing me, the reader, or himself, the writer. And at some
> points, it seemed as if the writer was as baffled by what was written
> as was the reader.
Now *that* is an interesting point - some would say that that is what
Salinger has been doing for the latter half (i.e. Post Hapworth) segment of
his career - talking to himself ... It's very devious though somehow.
Taking us on this incredibly personal (seeming) journey and then going
`Well - bye!' (: ...
> But it's the teasing (I'll call it Salinger's) that clues me in that
> at least some of the interplay (with all its inconsistencies) is
> intentional, and that, surely, the Seymore stories are a good mix of
> the autobiographical (self-exploration) and the imaginary.
... `and I'm not going to tell you what's true and what's made up, either!
HA HA HA!'
But that of course is where the fun lies. In interpretation.
Camille
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