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Like Catcher in the Rye, this is a story of many revelations over a very short period of time. It has an interesting religious angle as well, sort of like a 50s' version of Siddhartha.
The intro somehow sums up the spirit of this extraordinary author:
"As nearly possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my editor, mentor, and (heaven help him) closest friend, William Shawn, genius domus of the New Yorker, lover of the long s ...more
The intro somehow sums up the spirit of this extraordinary author:
"As nearly possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my editor, mentor, and (heaven help him) closest friend, William Shawn, genius domus of the New Yorker, lover of the long s ...more
This is one of those books that I love so much it almost feels too sacred to even begin to describe it. I relate to it on some deep level that my mind can barely comprehend. It makes me feel all sorts of things, yet I can't explain why. This is my favorite of all Salinger's works, I think. There is just something so honest about it; it points to something so real, yet so hard to articulate.
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The Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books of all time...so I decided to read this. It was ok but in my opinion did not even come close to being as good as The Catcher in the Rye.
Dec 14, 2008
Nemie
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