Re: your mail

WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:39:25 -0600 (MDT)

Mc, I'm an english professor at a university in america and I thought your
ideas and english sounded exquisite...please don't let language stop you
from speaking your mind and heart, will

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 Maria_Brandt@vsl.com wrote:

> Hi all. I've been reading your emails for a while but never had the courage
> to write till now. The reason is that my English is not very good. I am
> from South America, and I am still learning. I am shy in written English.
> I just thought I'd write something about that thing about adults not
> understanding Salinger's stories. It's not an opinion, just my personal
> story of how I came to know Salinger.
> I first read The Catcher in the Rye in English. It was a gift from my
> father. I was a teenager and he was in his sixties. I think it was a
> marvellous thing for him to do, knowing how overprotective he was (and
> still is), and knowing that he doesn't agree with some of the things in
> Catcher, though he loves the story (this is more complicated but hard to
> explain). I know that I would have never read Salinger if it wasn't for
> him, because Salinger is not known in South America. My father knew about
> him because he went to school in the States. Anyway, I was just thinking
> about what a nice gift that book was, especially coming from my old dad.
> mc
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