RE: First Catcher memories?
PODESTA,Lesley (Lesley.PODESTA@deetya.gov.au)
Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:06:18 +1000
I think I love the Short Stories the most. I I have read the Bananafish
and Teddy story at least fifty times. In Catcher I love the scenes with
the nuns and F&Z is always difficult to put down - I seem to be able to
pick it up anywhere and catch a new thread. RHTRBC has an extra well
thumbed part where Buddy races around trying to make the airconditioning
work and prepare cold drinks for the hot occupants of the taxi (I think
of that everytime I'm suddenly an unexpected "hostess" for demanding
friends). And then Buddy goes into the bathroom and reads Seymour's
diary about marriage and children.
On a related note, last night I was lying in bed thinking about how the
Glass family has the scrapbooks of the children plastered directly into
the wall of the apartment. It seemed like an interesting contrast to the
"our children are visitors to us" part of Seymour's diary - as though Mr
and Mrs Glass were trying to cement the Glass children's childhood into
the foundations of their home/family .
>Lesley