Re: Hi Missy

helena kim (helenak@geocities.com)
Sat, 14 Mar 1998 13:29:02 +0000

camille wrote:

> By the way my boyfriend is standing behind me saying `What's the big deal
> about `The Catcher in the Rye ? Nothing happens in it ! It's like Seinfeld
> in book form!'
> 
> What do you make of this ?! 

i think your boyfriend is a brave and honest man. you're lucky to have
him. too many people think that you *have* to like certain books, or
else you're just not 'one of us' or you 'don't get it'. if he doesn't
like it, it's nobody's loss or nobody's gain. it's just the way it is.

so many people have been condescending and just plain mean to me just
because i don't love kerouac's 'on the road'. i understand its
significance in literary history blah blah, but as a book, i just wasn't
overwhelmed by its genius. so shoot me. i enjoyed reading it, but it
didn't have any profound effect on me.

here's to personal taste.

:helena



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