Subject: Re: introduction and stuff
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Sun May 05 2002 - 20:33:43 EDT
That's pretty interesting about banana fish in the Japanese comic. In
the Salinger story, though, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," the
bananafish doesn't kill, but dies because it eats too many bananas and
gets stuck underwater :).
Jim
shinekomi@cox.net wrote:
>
> hello.
>
> I joined this list a while back, but neglected to add onto
> the conversation. But i got tired of lurking, so.....
> Hello everyone!
> An introduction is in order, I assume. My name is
> Jennifer. I'm a freshman at the University of
> California, San Diego. Despite that, I'm notorious for
> poor grammar. I got interested in Salinger when I read
> The Catcher in the Rye. After that, I started reading his other
> available books, and I'm really interesting in reading
> the so-called unpublished books.
> Anyway, I've also wanted to ask a question concerning
> the list's title "Banana Fish". There is a Japanese comic
> translated in English with the same title. However, in the
> comic, "Banana Fish" is a drug. This drug supposively
> is used for mind control, but makes people suicidal or
> insane (sounds similar to any Salinger-esque?).
> When I read a review in a magazine, the writer refers to
> the "banana fish" in Salinger's story to be a fish that kills.
> A proper portrayal of our favorite fruity fish?
> If you want to read more about the comic, a summary
> can be found here:
> http://www.ne.jp/asahi/okumura/callenreese/yoshida/bananafish.html
>
> And I have blabbed more than I needed. Again, hello
> everyone. I hope I haven't irrated anyone yet...
>
> J.N.
>
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