introductions
Scott Andre (tanfers@worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 04 Jan 1998 23:33:46 -0600
Hello everyone, i guess my introduction has been long overdue as i
have been a "lurker" on this list for more than a few months now. I was
introduced to Salinger in high school......we had to read catcher in the
rye.....i have to admit i despised that book at that time, partly because
we had to read it for class and partly because i really didn't like holden
for some reason. I plan to reread it soon without any biases though so i
can get a fresh perspective on it. A few years after reading catcher i was
reintroduced to salinger by my girlfriend who told me to read nine stories,
and in particular, a perfect day for bananafish (which her favourite band
The Cure wrote a song about btw). I read nine stories and ended up loving
it and try to keep a copy close by me at all times. i Just finished reading
Franny and Zooey and am almost finished with Seymour:An Introduction. It is
Interesting how Salinger is writing through buddy, sometimes i don't know
where Salinger begins and Buddy ends..... Hmm.....i guess that is all i
really have to say for now, i have much more i want to say about salinger
and his works, but i want to sort it all out before i go on rambling for
hours. oh, and i belive someone wanted to know where in S:AI it alluded to
Buddy writing the story Teddy in Nine Stories.....I don't know if anyone
answered this already, but in the white cover paperback edition page 176
Buddy does say he wrote a story about "a "gifted" little boy aboard a
transatlantic liner". Buddy goes on to quote a few lines from the story,
and if i remember correctly, those same lines are in Teddy. Thats all for
now, i hope to contribute more to this list in the future!!
-Scott
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