Re: Hi


Subject: Re: Hi
From: WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 17 1997 - 11:45:39 GMT


though I doubt we will know much about his childhood, Bruce Bawer in his
New Criterion Article (l986?) "Salinger's Arrested Development" makes the
point that knowing about Salinger's youth is some of the most important
knowledge he could use to understand the fiction and author more
clearly...will

On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Amit Mathur wrote:

> At 10:54 AM 2/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi! I'm a high school sophmore at an East Coast prep school but am originally
> >from California. I'm an avid reader and discovered J.D. Salinger in 8th grade,
> >promptly bought every one of his books and read them religiously approximately
> >every 3 months. I'd have to say that I think Salinger identifies with Buddy
> >but definitely retains a sense of separation and wishes he were Seymour.
> >Looking forward to hearing from you!
> >
> >
> I think you are right, but I have read in Warren French's essays on JDS that
> JDS seemed like Holden in his youth. Think about it----JDS moved away to
> the Northeast, secluded, just as Holden wished to at the end of CITR....
> --
> Amit K. Mathur
> akm18@gate.net
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