Re: Ocean Full of Bowling Balls
William Hochman (wh14@is9.nyu.edu)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:04:25 -0500 (EST)
Can't say about the bananafish remarks on the two stories except if they
were out of line I'd have cuffed Sonny's, Matt's or Stephen's virtual ears
at the time it was posted...I can say that Warren French's take on the
stories is on target though. Of course I feel that about most of his
Salinger criticism. I just got a long letter from Warren and though he
has damned me for being too absorbed with this list, I still admire his
critical readings too much not to encourage others to notice them. will
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, citycabn wrote:
> will,
>
> Very, very interesting!
> Would you say the descriptions of the two stories as to be found on the
> Unpublished Stories screen in Bananafish are fairly apt?
> Would you care to say anything more re these two stories?
>
> --Bruce.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Hochman <wh14@is9.nyu.edu>
> To: bananafish <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:32 AM
> Subject: Ocean Full of Bowling Balls
>
>
> >There are two unpublished Salinger stoires of high quality--OFOBB and "The
> >Last and Best of the Peter Pans." I've read both often because I made
> >voice recordings from the originals in the Firestone. They don't allow
> >this sort of thing anymore and though I cannot copy the recording I made,
> >I can at least claim that the story is brilliant and IMHO, Salinger should
> >have published it...will
> >
> >
>