who are we?

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Wed Dec 30 08:49:19 CST 2009


On Dec 30, 2009, at 6:27 AM, David Morris wrote:

> This Catcher thread has me scratching my head because I can't remember
> having any response to it when I read it (at 14) other than to wonder
> what it meant, and to then search for some commentaries.  My lack of
> response was probably mostly a function of a relative lack of exposure
> to serious fiction and thus an inability to read the cues to beneath
> the surface messages.
>
> My reading to do list is too long to worry about reading Catcher
> again, but since I've never read Franny & Zooey, I should probably add
> that to my list.

Probably—loved the language in the dialogs.
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> It could well be that Catcher is 35 years deeper now, too. I  
>> waffle, perhaps, but it is the waffling of one who's had the  
>> experience of proving himself wrong. At 18, though, I thought it  
>> tripe.




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