Forget the roofbeam
Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:52:47 -0500
Yes, Ranchan did publish the book. In at least one incarnation, it is
called _J.D. Salinger's The Glass Family, An Adventure in Vedanta_ (isbn
81-202-0245-7). Ajanta Publications did the job out of Jawahar Nagar,
Delhi-110007. I was able to get a copy directly from the publisher, but
that was nearly five years ago.
I remember being sufficiently edified by the book, which makes a strong
case for a very specific reading and more or less leaves all other
attempts at the subject looking like casual speculation. But useful
specifics escape me. Elizabeth Kurian did a book, also published out of
India, largely on the Glass family called _A Religious Response to the
Existential Dilemma in the Fiction of J.D. Salinger_, though useful
information escapes me even further on this one. Both were far more
interesting than Alsen's book on the Glass stories as a composite
novel.
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Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu