Re: the Jerry & Ernie show

Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 12:44:02 -0600

>Genuinely, if you're a young reader and you loved Catcher and you're
>looking for something else that has a character with whom you might
>empathize (in a way you may not yet empathize with Franny & Zooey,
>depending on your age and your perspective), have a look at Hemingway's
>Nick Adams stories, available at better book stores and libraries all
>over.  Especially "Indian Camp," "The Battler," "The Doctor and the
>Doctor's Wife," and the extravagantly beautiful "Big Two-Hearted
>River."

my suggestion would be "the sun also rises".  a great book that deals quite
deeply in the psychology of the main character.  or at least the psychological
changes the character undergoes...matt stevenson