introduction Kirsten
Lorentzen / Nicklaus (kflorentzen@dialup.nacamar.de)
Sat, 17 Jan 1998 09:31:49 -0100
Hello to all litstmembers out there,
I susbscribed to this list yesterday (after longing for something like =
it for a long time), so it=B4s time to introduce myself:
my name is Kirsten. I live in Hamburg / Germany (and I am German). I am =
29 years old and am just busy with reading JDS intensively for the third =
time. First I got a salinger-addict at school, the second time I read =
his works while I was a student (and just became some kind of a =
player-hater which I hope I have overcome). Now I=B4ve started =
re-reading Salinger out of an impulse that has something to do with the =
fact that in =B497 I gave birth to a little daughter. She ist now 11 =
months old and what Salinger writes preluding F & Z about his one =
year-old son, urging people to accept a cold bean, convinced me =
immediately that this was exactly what I was looking for.
What I like especially about Salinger=B4s works is that he created the =
universe of a widespread family, of different figures that are connected =
which each other around the hook of different texts. The effect is to me =
that these figures seem so real. This is a point I maybe would like to =
discuss. My =B4favourite=B4 German author is Uwe Johnson who used =
exactly the same technique of focussing different figures out of a =
complete and related universe of relatives and friends (the =
=B4Cresspahls=B4 in the center of it). And where does Gesine Cresspahl, =
heroine of the novel =B4Jahrestage=B4 live? N.Y.C., Riverside Drive... =
But unfortunately she moved there too late - in 1966 - to get the chance =
to contact the Glasses.=20
Kirsten