I have this collection but haven't found anyone willing to help with the translation yet...it's certainly curious to think about why Salinger would realize stories in japanese that he won't reprint in english...I think Inverted Forest and Blue Melody are two of his uncollected stories included in the japanese collection...will On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 gpaterso@richmond.edu wrote: > > He released a collection titled (and including) _The Inverted Forest_ > in Japan but not in the US. Perhaps he deems a partially Buddhist > nation more worthy than we lowly Americans. Teddy certainly does. > > > ________________________________________________________ > > G.H.G.A.Paterson (804)662-3737 gpaterso@richmond.edu > ________________________________________________________ > >