Subject: quotes
From: Diego M. Dell'Era (dellerad@sinectis.com.ar)
Date: Fri Jul 07 2000 - 14:51:59 GMT
Hi all! It's great to see that the list is blooming
again after a slow period.
It's been a long time since I last posted. Back then
we knew nothing about Anna, Sofía, or Jake's
forging artistry. Josh, for example, wasn't yet even
a newcomer, though he will probably cling to that
honorific forever, like people who never remove tags
from their clothes. Greetings to all!
I was rereading the review where Updike said that
"A sense of composition is not among Salinger's
strengths",
meaning that "Franny" and "Zooey" clash as stories
in the same book.
I think Salinger purposely sought this effect, as he did
in "Esme". Has anybody studied how Salinger uses
contrast in his composition?
Another discordant quote:
" 'Zooey' is just too long; there are too many
cigarettes, too many goddams, too much verbal
ado about not quite enough."
I don't understand Updike's view on this subject.
He likes RHTRBC but not "Zooey". I'll grant him
that RHTRBC has a lot of action; to me, it feels
like constantly being ejected from a plane and landing
on a circus. But is it really so different from Franny or
Zooey? Most of you have said that once you pick up
any of these stories, you just can't lay them aside. There
must be a well planed composition to achieve that.
diego d.
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