Subject: Is "For Esmé" for real?
From: Cold Fish (jiggyfish@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 10:44:35 GMT
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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