RIP J.D. Salinger

[dawp]

some speculation on what he was holding back

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35135318/ns/today-today_books/

 

[sdifox]

Can you actually get it anywhere else?

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag=...Mozilla-search

 

[Whisper]

As the article linked in the OP says, there are few writers--alive or dead--who are/were as good at capturing the natural essences of dialogue as Salinger. He ranks right up there with Vonnegut as one of my favorite "non-traditional" authors, even if he did only publish a handful of books.

 

[halik]

I hated it in HS as well, but i hated everything we had to read in HS. Because of that i reread it when i was in college to see if the reason i hated it was because i was forced to read it or if it was because it was just bad. Turns out it was because it was just bad. 2 chapters in i was really hoping he would just swallow a bullet because he was such a winy POS, i don't think I've ever read a book where the main char was such a emo POS.

i do however like how his fan said HAHA no memorial for you

My sentiment exactly. As someone that grew up behind the Iron curtain, reading about some upper class teenager's angst melodrama made me want to be the second in line to /wrists, right after him.


Teen #1: Dude let me tell you something. There's nothing that'll ever happen for the rest of our lives that's more important then what's going on right here right now in high school by these lockers.
Teen #2: I've got so many problems.
Teen #1: Hey, it's nothing that can't be fixed by staring at a lake.

 

[Platypus]

My sentiment exactly. As someone that grew up behind the Iron curtain, reading about some upper class teenager's angst melodrama made me want to be the second in line to /wrists, right after him.


Teen #1: Dude let me tell you something. There's nothing that'll ever happen for the rest of our lives that's more important then what's going on right here right now in high school by these lockers.
Teen #2: I've got so many problems.
Teen #1: Hey, it's nothing that can't be fixed by staring at a lake.

I feel like you're missing the point of the book's message but art is subjective and you're certainly free not to like it.

 

[Drekce]

I love the bathroom scene in Franny and Zooey. What a great book. I re-read "Teddy," the last of the short stories in "nine stories" last night in honor of JD.

 

[Spydermag68]

I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.

 

[Arkaign]

:'(

Man, I don't ever get emotional about the passing of a "celebrity," but hearing the news today kind of made me sad. I had the typical attachment to Catcher In the Rye that most angsty adolescents have, but it wasn't until I began to identify as a "writer" that I realized how important a book it is. Salinger was really the last living Great American Novelist. It's a shame he stayed so cooped up. I always imagined being able to track him down and asking him to read my first manuscript. Ah well. RIP, JD.

We have two left! They're both getting up there in years though :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McMurtry