Subject: Re: Robert: An Introduction
From: midge immington (midgeimmington@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jun 17 2002 - 15:04:21 EDT
Hi Robert!
Nice intro!
I greedily read the book when it came out a couple of
years ago, so my memory is vague. I really was
entranced by the beginning, where she talks about
Salinger's early writing, her mother, etc. But once
she's born, it got a bit much. Like she needed an
editor to say we don't need to know everything about
your 3rd grade experience. Anyhow, I can't imagine
having JDS as my dad, so it must have been pretty
weird. He certainly comes across as failed father and
husband. I dimly recall Matt Salinger writing
somewhere that he didn't remember growing up in the
household as described in the book. So who are you
going to believe? Not to mention the Joyce Maynard
book. Between the two, if 50 % is true, it certainly
does affect the Salinger myth. Certainly, somewhere
between feet of clay and crotch of clay. But in the
end it's the writing that counts AS readers. But the
women in his life sure seem to have issues! And I
guess one would have to wonder if the writing itself
reveals/reflects the flaws of the man. Perhaps we
need a shrink to take that one on...
Anyway, happy swimming!
Midge
--- AStranger2@aol.com wrote:
> Not exactly sure whom I'm sending this out
> to, so like an errant
> e-pigeon, I'll simply attatch a note to its leg and
> hope it flaps its way to
> the proper receptacles. I'm a long time JDS devotee
> (which probably ranks
> somewhere between dilettante and afficionado--the
> latter admittedly sounding
> more Hemingwayesque anyway), but have had my
> interest piqued again just
> recently by my reading of "Dreamcatcher".
> Actually, I meant "Dream Catcher". But
> oddly, I read them both,
> back-to-back. Never having read Stephen King, I
> decided to see what that was
> all about. And, then, I picked up the Margaret
> Salinger biography to see the
> real skinny about JDS. If anyone out there (exactly
> whom am I talking to
> here--my psychologist? Hello?) has read it, you
> know that Salinger probably
> had about "two hemorrhages apiece" after its
> publication.
> I haven't read any of JDS recently--except
> "Blue Period"--but have
> probably read all his "published' stuff about thirty
> times. I must re
> -emphasize--not recently. A friend of mine called
> about two months ago to
> ask me if I thought "The Royal Tennenbaums" reminded
> me of the Glass family.
> I didn't see the slightest resemblance myself,
> except that they are both
> eccentrically gifted. (Where was the search for
> "satori"?)
> As you can see, JDS has influenced my
> thought process and my writing
> as I constantly digress and overqualify
> everything...and when I'm especially
> not careful I tend to underline or inflect, like
> crazy--obviously I lack his
> craft in such usage. But, I try not to overdo it,
> and constant-ly have to
> re-edit myself. Well, someone once said, "genius is
> the ability to edit
> one's own work."
> For some reason, Phoebe is actually my
> favorite character in ways.
> I mean, she's so damn cute she just kills me. And
> while Jane is probably the
> ideal girl, I don't blame Holden for calling up ol'
> Sally. (I can be totally
> superficial at times--I really can.) And what color
> is that damned mare
> anyway? But I digress again.
> So, I don't know if I've violated
> ettiquette here. (Please tell
> me.) Or if I've done this in the proper manner--I
> did read the FAQs but
> couldn't really absorb it all. I have a
> question--are we going to spend the
> rest of our lives rubbing all the FAQs off park
> benches so that Phoebe won't
> see them?
> Any-way, if anyone would like to discuss
> "Dream Catcher" send me an
> e-pigeon. I'm the only person in my--albeit--JDS
> sheltered world that has
> read it. Actually, I'm the only person I know in my
> circle who even knows
> what it is. Oh, well, rejection world.
>
>
> Respectfully yours,
>
>
> robert
>
> p.s. In my novice attempts with this Major Domo
> fellow, I hope I haven't
> errantly sent off a zillion of these things to the
> complete list. If I have,
> many appy polly loggies...
>
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