Subject: Re: hello i am an immigrant on this list
From: Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Date: Sun Jun 22 1997 - 13:29:55 GMT
Welcome, randyr!
>hello fellow jerome david salinger enthuasists, i am new here and am
>currently an 8th grader who was turned on to good fiction by my
>parents i have read "Raise high the roofbeams carpenters and
>seymour", "franny and Zooey" and "the catcher in the rye". i am
>currently reading "Nine Stories".
I would say you have wise parents. Be grateful for that; it is not
something you see often in life.
I sort of started in the opposite way: Nine Stories was the first book I
collided with, and since I knew the body of work was so small, I read very,
very slowly through the rest of Salinger's published work. Like you, I
enjoy the loop-the-loop qualities of "Seymour," though I have friends who
have described themselves as "infuriated" at the narrative meandering.
>almost reminded me of Visions of Cody by jack kerouac.
>well maybe not to everyone. good bye. i must go now. and thank you
>for having me on the mailing list.
Another of my many failings ... I've tried hard to like Kerouac, but have
not yet been able to do it well. But at any rate: welcome to the list, and
thanks for introducing yourself!
--tim o'connor
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