Subject: Re: Is "For Esmé" for real?
From: Chris Kubica @Home (@Home)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 10:49:35 GMT
>From my recollection, ole JDS was involved in D-Day and did spend some time
in a hospital, possibly after a nervous breakdown. Only time will tell if
there's an old broken pocketwatch wrapped in a yellowed handkerchief in one
of JDS's drawers...
CDMK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cold Fish" <jiggyfish@hotmail.com>
To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:44 AM
Subject: Is "For Esmé" for real?
> The academics in the group will have to forgive me, as I'm sure the
question
> I'm about to ask has been treated at length in this forum or another;
> however, since I have yet to read commentary on the subject, I will raise
it
> here.
>
> Is there any evidence that "For Esmé with Love and Squalor" is at all
> autobiographical? Every time I read that story -- and I read it frequently
> -- I am struck by the degree of realism that I don't tend to see in other
> JDS works (possibly with the exception of the Zooey half of Franny and
> Zooey). I can't help but feel that the story is inspired by something
unique
> and very personal.
>
> I know that JDS was in the service during WWII, but I don't know where or
if
> he was anywhere near D-Day.
>
> I also know that the date of publication of the story could roughly
coincide
> with the character's wedding at age 18.
>
> Again, if this is a Salinger no-brainer, I apologize...it certainly feels
> like an elementary question for this group.
>
> Judd
>
>
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