Re: The Way of the Pilgrim
randy royal (randyr@southeast.net)
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:30:40 +0000
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 02:06:26 -0500
> From: Marco Alberto Cabassi <mac2@cornell.edu>
> Subject: The Way of the Pilgrim
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
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> fellow pesciphiles-
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> this has nothing to do with anything really but i thought it was kind
> cool/weird:
>
> i was watching the italian news... the main story was the apprehension of
> the alleged new head of 'cosa nostra' who'd been on the run for about a
> year now (italian police work.... )
>
> the news reporter commented that the great leader was living in a tiny
> squalid room... he had in his possession a few books on religion... on his
> nightstand was _La Via del Pellegrino_ by an anonymous russian...
>
> when i heard this the hairs on the back of my neck did that cliche thing...
> it took me a while to work out why... but when i translated the title to
> _The Way of the Pilgrim_... it was all the more eerie because i had just
> re-read _Franny & Zooey_ the day before..
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>
> -marco
>
> P.S. i said i would translate a jd salinger article in _Panorama_ and post
> it to the list or to individuals.. unfortunately here at cornell the
> _Panorama_ collection is always several months behind the current issue...
> i hope to have a translation done by the end of august
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anybody know where to get the way of the pilgrim? ~randy