Subject: Salinger's silence
From: Jude (katsu@pipeline.com)
Date: Tue Feb 18 1997 - 09:02:55 GMT
Dear list people,
I have been re-reading RHTRC and SAI and thinking about Salinger. This has
probably been said a million times before but I thought I would share it
anyway. One of the central dilemmas of understanding Salinger's silence
(and his implied rejection of all of us) is that it contrasts so sharply
with the generosity, love and charity of thought demonstrated by Seymour,
and to a lesser extent, Buddy. How can the same man, who created Seymour,
be so stingy with himself, and so standoffish? If the characters were all
curmudgeons who hated people, somehow the author's rejection of his public
would be easier to understand. Do others have thoughts about this contrast?
Thanks for the list, and for writing. I am lurkish, but enjoying it greatly.
Jude
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