Re: questions

From: m e g h a n <bedroomdancing@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 15:33:41 EST

I had never heard of the book before I read it, so I don't know if any
reviews compared it to CITR. I don't find it to be similiar, but it is a
good book nonetheless.

>From: "Valerie" <kate.beown@wanadoo.fr>
>Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
>Subject: Re: questions
>Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:48:09 +0100
>
>The book "A heartbreaking work of staggering genius" by Dave Eggers was
>compared with the CITR by some reviews when it was released in France (I
>don't think it had any kind of commercial consequences, since Salinger is
>not very known here). Was it the case in the US too, and if so, do you
>think
>it contributed to its success ?
> Valérie Aron
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matthew S. Mahoney" <matthew.s.mahoney@vanderbilt.edu>
>To: "m e g h a n" <bedroomdancing@hotmail.com>; "bananafish"
><bananafish@roughdraft.org>; "haikux2" <haikux2@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:29 AM
>Subject: RE: questions
>
>
> > referring to this email by meghan, that is exactly what i was saying
>about
> > reviewers giving a book extremely favorable reviews, as if engaged in
>some
> > sort of understanding - because frankly - and i am as guilty of this as
>anyone
> > anywhere - if a book cover has a CITR comparision on it, it will sell
>much,
> > much better. rather paranoid i know, but still not at all impossible
> >
> > >===== Original Message From "m e g h a n" <bedroomdancing@hotmail.com>
>=====
> > >>Has anyone read Rule of the Bone?
> > >I've never even heard of it. *checks out amazon.com to get a review*
>Seems
> > >to me to be another typical teen angst story.. why do they all have to
> > >involve kids being stoners?
> > >
> > >It's possible that maybe these books are compared to CITR because they
>want
> > >to ride on Salinger's success.. knowing that any book that can appeal
>to
>the
> > >disillusioned generation as well as CITR did will be successful. I'm
>sure
> > >there are a lot of kids who read CITR in school, and go "wow that is so
>me!"
> > >and then go around looking for books similar to it, such as "Perks." I
>mean,
> > >if every kid who ever related to CITR went out and bought any book with
>a
> > >comparable main character, I'd say those authors have the opportunity
>to
> > >become a best-seller.
> > >
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