Re: chagrin d'amour
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Tue, 04 Aug 1998 21:06:13 -0600 (MDT)
Sounds to me like mr. salinger is aware of himself and authors not always
being the most delightful folks to slice a pie with...but I don't intend
to listen to ms. maynard's "account" one sided account with sly
knowing--my knowing comes from what mr. salinger's literature makes me
feel and understand...guessing about a writer and how his
personal habits may or may not correlate to things he or she has written
may be fun and interesting (but I doubt I'll read anything by ms. maynard
that tickles me like Esme`...;)will
On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Scottie Bowman
wrote:
>
> Joyce Maynard's account of her alleged affair with JD certainly
> has the ring of truth - & I must say it did my heart good to read
> it. How marvellous to think the great guru was actually a chilly
> old obsessional less concerned with rarified Zen insights than
> with the pizzas putrefying away inside him - all the while snarling
> at the thought of all those idiot savants dissecting his characters.
>
> It restores the artist to his natural home. Down, down, down..
> .....where the iguanas play.
>
> Scottie B.
>