--- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
>
> My memory of "For Esme" is imperfect -- he was
> indeed married when he
> received the watch from Esme?
yes, he was married before he even meets esme.
> I remember the opening lines of the story left the
> impression of affection
> toward his wife, but I think you complicate that
> pretty nicely. Is
> Salinger just down on housewives (that NYT article
> you posted reminded me
> of the wife in Bananafish), or does he use that
> particular kind of banality
> as an analog for adult society?
>
maybe in salinger the wife--be it muriel or our
level-headed gal in 'esme' concerned about schraffts'
service, with the stock mother--is always the foil for
those sensitive men. the only good female is an esme
or phoebe. maybe margaret salinger was right: ole jd
don't like his women beyond the age of 19.
kim
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