J.D. Salinger, requiescat in pace ...

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I like Salinger too, but Raise High the Roofbeams and Seymour an 
Introduction are, in order, weak and, wince-inducingly awful.
for me all his stuff is great.


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From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
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Sent: Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:10 pm
Subject: Re: J.D. Salinger, requiescat in pace ...


John Carvill wrote:>> I must admit, I have read nothing of Salinger's 
except 'Catcher'. Is 'Franny and Zooey' worth a go? I wonder what all 
those unpublished novels are like, if they do exist?>for me all his 
stuff is great.  Close to perfect.There's a list of the contents of a 
medicine cabinet in "Zooey"that is as moving and meaningful as the 
stuff on Slothrop's desk, forinstance.Wikipedia mentions how a lot of 
writers were inspired by reading him:The writer Aimee Bender was 
struggling with her first short storieswhen a friend gave her a copy of 
Nine Stories; inspired, she laterdescribed Salinger's effect on 
writers, explaining: "[I]t feels likeSalinger wrote The Catcher in the 
Rye in a day, and that incrediblefeeling of ease inspires writing. 
Inspires the pursuit of voice. Nothis voice. My voice. Your voice."His 
death is a body blow. Even if they release all his unpublished work 
andeven if it's great, it was wonderful knowing he was alive and 
walkingthis earth...