Re: Richard Ford
Laughing Man (the_laughing_man@hotmail.com)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:29:57 -0700 (PDT)
>From: William Hochman
>I don't buy into such extrapolation as Ford characters being
>older Holdens, and I don't think there's much of a case in linking Ford
>and Salinger
With my “older Holden”- characterization of Frank Bascombe, I referred to
nothing more than the type of screwed self insights they share. No more
extrapolation than that.
>I met Mr. Ford once and he was very kind and gentle. I think I sensed the
>same ease with himself that LaughingMan mentioned in his post about Frank
>Bascombe.
My point is that the picture of Frank as a person at ease with himself is
false. True only to himself. The reader, I thought, sensed something
different. Are you saying that to you, Frank Bascombe is a man at ease with
himself?
/TLM
Getting more and more uncertain as to his way of reading books. Does
Freudian ring a bell?
PS I also consider Richard Ford one of the very good writers of today. I’m
merely starting to reevaluate my grounds for that :-)
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