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Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
by J.D. Salinger
Jesse's review
Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger
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I just reread this one for the (your hyperbolic number here) time. "Raise High..." may be my favorite story of all time. I think of it whenever I'm in uncomfortable social situations. (How many social situations aren't?) Salinger is one of the few authors I reread that I absolutely refuse to pick apart. Does that make him "light"? No. Just good. A good magician doesn't make you wonder how the trick is done. You simply sit and be amazed.
The details. The rhythm. The dialog. The depth. The sense of adventure. The wit. The self-loathing. It's all of this and more that keeps me coming back to this.
(Recommended to everyone.)
"Seymour..." on the other hand, is a whole other story. (Sorry.) It's wise that Salinger preceded it with such an easy read, because this one's a bitch. "Raise High..." makes a huge deposit in the reader's personal account that "Seymour" invariably overdrafts. Every time I come back to this one, I really want t...more
The details. The rhythm. The dialog. The depth. The sense of adventure. The wit. The self-loathing. It's all of this and more that keeps me coming back to this.
(Recommended to everyone.)
"Seymour..." on the other hand, is a whole other story. (Sorry.) It's wise that Salinger preceded it with such an easy read, because this one's a bitch. "Raise High..." makes a huge deposit in the reader's personal account that "Seymour" invariably overdrafts. Every time I come back to this one, I really want t...more
