Re: BANANAFISH digest 132
John Barton (jcbarton@mindspring.com)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:32:30 +0000
Actually, the character of Ray Kinsella in "Shoeless Joe" already
knows this and mentions it to Salinger in the book. It is his twin
brother Richard's name at whom the other students constantly
yell "digression."
> it gets better--ray kinsella is the main character in "A Young Girl in
> l941 With No Waist At All" a story mr. salinger published in Mademoiselle
> in l947. I almost wrote to mr. Kinsella (the author) to see if he knew
> that he was already a salinger character and if that was part of why
> salinger is a character in _Shoeless Joe_.
>
> btw, I really enjoy kinsella's fiction. In _Shoeless Joe_ I felt as if I
> got as close to "jerry salinger" as I was ever going to get except in mr.
> salinger's own fiction.
>
> will
>
> On Tue, 21 Oct 1997 Moviezzz@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 97-10-21 04:00:45 EDT, bananafish@lists.nyu.edu writes:
> >
> > >I never noticed the metaphor in The Field of Dreams to being that of
> > >Salinger. Makes me want to watch the movie again though.
> > >
> >
> > In the novel SHOELESS JOE, which FIELD OF DREAMS was based on, JD is a
> > character. The James Earl Jones character in the film was JD in the book
> > (changed in the film for legal reasons). There are many references to
> > CATCHER in the book, it seems the authors father has the same name as a
> > character in CATCHER. A beautifully written book.
> >
> >
>
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