Subject: Re: An ocean full of bocce balls
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 17:21:42 EDT
That's pretty interesting and pretty cool, but I'm not sure where Uncle
Wiggly would fit into that...could you develop this a bit more? Say,
talk about each stage vs. each story? That'd be really interesting :)
Jim
Micaela wrote:
>
> This is complete speculation, but I have a feeling that his reaction to the
> reordering of "Nine Stories" has something to do with the Buddhist notion of
> enlightenment. If anyone out there has more information or can confirm
> this, I'd appreciate it. I think that the main characters of each story,
> beginning with Seymour and ending with Teddy, are at various stages of
> enlightenment, Teddy having reached enlightenment, and at the end of the
> story escaping the birth/death/re-birth cycle. There is a lot of evidence
> for this theory in the stories themselves, which I would be happy to detail
> if there is interest...but I'm sure some of you picked up on it anyway, so I
> won't bother.
>
> -Micaela
> (in Vermont)
>
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> [mailto:owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org]On Behalf Of LR Pearson, Arts 99
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> Subject: Re: An ocean full of bacce balls
>
> On Wed, 01 May 2002 19:36:55 -0400 Jive Monkey <monkey_jive@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I believe "Nine Stories" is also known as '"For Esme - with Love and
> > Squalor" and Other Stories.'
>
> I know... that was the edition I read first... but I seem to recall
> reading that he broke with his British agent over the changes, or
> something. It was details on Salinger's reaction I was looking for.
> Thanks for trying, though. This always happens to me: I read things out
> of interest and then when I want to quote them I can never remember
> where I got the information. Never mind.
>
> Love, Lucy-Ruth
> ----------------------
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