Re: Real World

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On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Eric Bartelt wrote:

> Just wanted to say that Salinger was the only person to understand
> what the real world is like and wrote about it without any sugar
> coating or misleading information.  He understood that relationships
> lead to a violation of the ability to be yourself and lead to the
> breaking down of the person you really are...
> 

   I think maybe you should read Raymond Carver.  And personally, I think
Salinger sugar coats the hell out of things, but in a very zen way.

-j

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