Re: Back from the dead, or the living


Subject: Re: Back from the dead, or the living
From: denis jonnes (djengltl@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:49:21 EST


Dear all,

Have just re-subscribed to bananafish after "holiday" of many months,
but am now back reading Salinger plus the biographies. I feel
Hamilton's book is weak, not because of his generally hostile attitude
or of what happened as result of Salinger's court action against
Hamilton, but because it was poorly researched and is virtually all
speculation. My feeling is Salinger is very different as writer and
person from the "character" (Hamilton's term) Hamilton gives us.
        Alexander gives us more info about crucial war years, but still not
much, and my real question is whether any of you might have info or
leads on Salinger's wartime service. I have left message with the 4th
Infantry Division Homepage guest check-in requesting such, but so far
(perhaps not so surprisingly) have had no replies. Salinger was
probably only important American writer to have landed at Normandy on
D-Day and I find it incredible that we have no account of this.

Regards to all,

Denis Jonnes

CM Fisher wrote:
>
> > i'm actually starting to get a bit sick of reading about salinger's life.
> > i've read hamilton's biography and am in the process of reading
> >alexander's biography, but i don't really find them interesting. i mean, i
> >can see the obvious parallels between his work and his life, but i don't
> >like seeing them. i like to look at the work all by itself, not thinking
> >about what influenced salinger to write it, not thinking about salinger at
> >all. i know, i know. how can i call myself a bananafisher?
> >
> >
>
> em, i'd say you're the truest type of bananafisher. though personally alas
> i can't get enough re old jd's life. he'd hate me but love you, you see.
> you're his ideal reader.
>
> >
> >also, have any of you ever experienced a certain jealous feeling towards
> >salinger's books? you know, you lend someone your copy of a salinger book
> >and then all you can think about is wanting to read that particular book.
> >and every time you see them with it, you say to yourself "why, why did i
> >lend them that book?!?!"
> >
> >anyhoo....
> >
> >love, em
> >
> >
>
> 'a certain jealous feeling': what an understatement! yes, i'm guilty! in
> fact, re all the books i *really* care about!
>
> my simple solution: we have separate his and her bookcases. and of course
> the communal ones.
>
> as scottie says, buy and give,but never lend. i *never* lend. though when
> giving i tend to horribly florid inscriptions that one day i know i'll
> encounter in used bookstores.
>
> ah, another 'love'.
>
> cmf
>
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