Re: Warren French
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 03 Dec 1998 22:39:32 +1100
I can never understand whether Salinger has a tiny ego or a massive one.
Unfortunately I think it's the latter masquerading as the former. I'm
reminded of the quote of Buddy's in S: AI about confessional passages
always reeking a little of the author's own ego (he put it better (: )
I have read the French book (a while ago) and like you I found it quite
informative, if a little dry.
Hey, by the way, that `Yikes' forward was great - especially as my
boyfriend is a computer programmer. I sent it to him because I've been
trying to explain exactly that concept to him but have never found the
right way to do it - until now (:.
J J R wrote:
> Now, this may not have been French's "intent" (heh, a loaded word now :)
> ), but when French was describing Salinger's gradual withdrawal from the
> public eye, I came away with a picture of Salinger as a man with a fairly
> low self-esteem--someone who can't take either praise or criticism very
> well and, as a result, would rather withdraw from the world rather than
> face it. That was my impression, anyways, and French nowhere comes out
> and even Strongly Implies such a thing...
Camille
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