Re: Roth and Salinger


Subject: Re: Roth and Salinger
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Tue Jan 25 2000 - 19:50:04 EST


In a message dated 1/25/00 7:45:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ac109@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca writes:

> Also, judaism is a always brought up, and while Salinger is (was?) a jew,
> the only mentions of any jew characters in his stories was Les Glass
> (excluding "Down at the.."). Does this tell us of ol' Jerry's views into
> his roots at all, or is my mind blocking out major jewish charcters in
> Salingeria ( forget about Babe et al. if they are jewish or not).
>
> And, when Holden says se makes him crazy- it seems to do the same with
> Portnoy.
>
> Here's to looking at you, list!
> Graham

good hearing from you. There's some references to anti-semitism in Down at
the Dinghy.

Jim
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