Subject: Re: hello hello(how'd you discover Salinger?)
From: LR Pearson, Arts 99 (lp9616@bristol.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 27 2000 - 06:43:53 EST
Hi guys,
I've been lurking for a while and not reading many posts due to mucho
work, but I've been thinking of y'all.
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 21:28:37 -0800 (PST) Gene <pariah1980@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> Anyway, I was wondering about a few things:(for
> everyone else on this list):
>
> 1) Who first introduced you to Salinger (or did you
> discover him on your own)?
My daddy :-). He read TLM to me when I was pretty little - maybe 10 -
and I think we might also have read Esme to me.
>
> 2) How old were you and what was the first one you
> read?
>
About 10. After my dad read to me I read "For Esme" (sorry, sorry...
Nine Stories) by myself, particulary TLM, Esme, and Teddy (since they
are about children), then left it a couple years, read Catcher and
really caught the bug. APart from the underpublished stories - which I
have just started to work my way through - I left RHTRBC and S:AI until
last.
> 3) If you have kids, what age do you think is a good
> age to pass on these stories to them?
>
Well... I don't have kids... I guess I was possibly a bit precocious,
and it wouldn't necessarily be good to introduce most kids so young. My
dad just visited my niece (his grandaughter, obviously) who is ten now,
and he said that although she is really bright and loves reading, she
probably wasn't quite ready. Having said that, TLM works so well on
different levels that I would say 10 is about right - it just means
that the actual story of the Laughing Man is more interesting than the
plot surrounding it. ANd12 or 13 is good for reading Catcher.
> :)
>
Well, I'm not sure yet if I might slip back into lurkerdom for a while,
but my love to all. And welcome to the list, all the newbies
(Charlotte, Kate, Gabe). ALways nice to hear new voices.
Love, lucy-Ruth
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LR Pearson, Arts 99
lp9616@bristol.ac.uk
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