Re: Estragon & Vladimir

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Re: Zen--the temple of the golden pavilion by yukio mishima offers great
insight into japanese zen buddhism.  and that's all i'm going to say about
zen.  but the  book is really great.


>PS: Fie upon me and this off-topic post! I went back to The Books to say
>something OB Salinger.
>
>1. Have you noticed how close Boo Boo's way to ease Lionel's pain is to
>Zoey's? So indirect, so wordy and yet never indifferent to the other
>person's pain. What do you all think about it?
>2. Re: Hats. Boo Boo wore the same hat non-stop during three summers.
>Meaning?

this reminded me of something that struck me in my last reading of f&z--zooey
always refers to bessie as fat, fatty, etc.  is she the fat woman?  and if she
is, might that open the door for some oedipal interpretations of seymour's
advice to zooey about the fat lady?  just a few thoughts...matt

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