JD Salinger

[The Grey Blur]

I read 'Catcher In The Rye' a while ago and then was given a book of his short-stories yesterday which are brilliant.

Anyone?

[CoexisT]

Anyone, what?

[The Grey Blur]

Anyone have any thoughts/comments/whatever on JD Salinger and his writing

What a waste of a post

[Kamerat Voldstad]

The Catcher in the Rye is one of the best books I've read, discussing existential questions in the daily life of a young man growing up.
The style is so alive an subjective, and the themes so deep and universal.

[Janus]

From this thread, it seems that most members didn't really like Catcher In the Rye.

Catcher in the Rye (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=53993)

[bezdomni]

I think Salinger was a pretty good writer.

I don't think Catcher In the Rye was about some middle class kid whining about nonsense; he was having a mental breakdown. Holden was a well developed and memorable character, and Salinger did a great job of illustrating his mental breakdown.

His other stories are pretty good too. His stories are very raw, I like them. Kind of like the poetry of Ginsberg.

Salinger lives somewhere in Vermont, I read. He has a huge stack of unpublished novels and stories that he will occasionally set on fire. I also read that he never wanted Catcher in the Rye to be as popular as it is, because he feels "psychologically naked" (since Holden is essentially Salinger).

I enjoyed that book, actually.

[The Grey Blur]

I finished the book of short-stories today.

It was called 'For Esmé, With Love & Squalor' and was really, really good (my superlatives suck.)

[MiniOswald]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2006, 11:52 PM
I also read that he never wanted Catcher in the Rye to be as popular as it is, because he feels "psychologically naked" (since Holden is essentially Salinger).


Theres possibly truth in that, after all he never did interviews or allowed for a film to be made regarding the book