innocence

pmiller@memphisonline.com
Mon, 03 Nov 1997 19:03:25 -0600

D. wrote:
> and without question there are some
> similiarities between Salinger and Hesse.  

 Yes Ive never thought about it but I can see that there are. 

> Bananafish might enjoy his earlier works,
> particularly "Demian", "Beneath the Wheel", "Peter Camenzind",
> "Siddhartha", and "Steppenwolf". 

 Ive read all these and N&G, Knulp, News from another Star, Journey to
the East, and tried a couple of times to read the Glass Bead Game and
didnt make it. Except for a re-reading of Siddhartha a few years ago, my
other Hesse reading was some time ago. 

> a 20th
> non-American fiction writer who should appeal to many here on Bananafish.

 I second the motion!
                                            Paul
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