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I an very confused.
Characters talk like the real us.
All chaotic.

why does Seymour remind me of Holden??

^ what?

She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ringing continually ever since she had reached puberty.

عمو ویگیلی در کانتیکات:
تا اینجا با کلی دیوونه سر و کار داریم که خوب پرداخت میشن و ترحم برانگیزن. نمیدونم قراره بقیه داستان‌ها هم از همین تم تبعیت کنن یعنی؟

به روز عالی برای موزماهی:
داستان اول مجموعه عجیب و نامانوس. راستش من قبل از این هیچ چیزی از سیلنجر نخوانده بودم و اولین مواجه ام بود با این نویسنده که گویا رمان ناتور دشتش را هر رمان خوانی خوانده.
شاید انتخاب آثارو داستان های کوتاه شروع خوبی برای خواندن یک نویسنده نباشد و آدم را راحت ناامید کند، اما در این مورد خاص من سعی می کنم ناامید نشوم و اقلا همین کتاب را تمام کنم.

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بعد از فاجعه‌ای که ترجمه‌ی گلشیری بود، خصوصاً در یکی دو داستان، باامیدواری بسیار (بعد از خواندن نقد ویراستار این ترجمه) شروعش کردم. به نظرم تا این‌جا بسیار خوش‌خوان‌تر از آب دراومده. اما تا انتهای کتاب نمی‌شه نظر قطعی داد طبعاً.

I didn’t have the best experience reading The Catcher in the Rye in high school but I’ve heard his short stories are fantastic so I’m giving it a try. A Perfect Day for Bananafish was alright. I see how the symbolism and undertones are power but overall it was a meh story. 3.5/5

I'm three stories in, and I love this collection already. Salinger just has a way of capturing so MUCH in so few words, it's an absolute wonder to read. Also, he is a master at telling stories and backstories and everything the middle through dialogue- a true master at character interactions.

Am reading one story a day in order to ponder on these great stories. . . Today came across a perfect one for mother's day. . .and example of an awesome mother: Down at the Dinghy

Happy Mom's Day to all, regardless of gender or whether or not you've birthed anyone, for all the times you've served someone or something with that fierce protective nurturing we all have (but have assigned to parents). . .

i fucking love salinger with my whole heart

Nothing spectactural so far for me. I am just missing the point.

Nice to get into short stories again. Salinger’s dialogue makes me happy.

I've started to really not like this, which is surprising me.

WTF

“... for more than an hour he had been triple-reading paragraphs, and now he was doing it to the sentences. He suddenly closed the book, without marking his place.” (157)

A character just said "the whole thing's so fantastic it isn't even--" which is taken verbatim from The Catcher in the Rye. I wonder if that's intentional, or Salinger subconsciously recycled one of his old phrasings.

A character just said "the whole thing's so fantastic it isn't even--" which is taken verbatim from The Catcher in the Rye. I wonder if that's intentional, or Salinger subconsciously recycled one of his old phrasings.

Highlight so far - For Esmé—with Love and Squalor

So Ramona's boyfriend has green eyes, black hair, no freckles, no parents and a sword? And is imaginary?
...That's Harry Potter. She's dating Harry Potter.

I was hooked from the first sentence (see bit below) and then addicted by the third paragraph. The way Salinger tells a story is fascinating to me. He gives you the setting and the plot through details like finishing a fingernail to communicate that she DIDN'T want to answer that phone, or through dialog that is so natural and real that you wonder if he had it recorded!

I was hooked from the first sentence (see bit below) and then addicted by the third paragraph. The way Salinger tells a story is fascinating to me. He gives you the setting and the plot through details like finishing a fingernail to communicate that she DIDN'T want to answer that phone, or through dialog that is so natural and real that you wonder if he had it recorded!

با فکر "غرق میشی توی داستان های سلینجر" با زور از فضای سالوادور دالی گونه ی "دورانِ آبیِ دو دمیه-اسمیت" یا همان "دلتنگی های نقاش خیابان چهل و هشتم" بیرون اومدم و تقریبا با اطمینان از احساس خریدن این کتاب لذتم رو کامل کردم!ا

One more story left.

در جهان ادب فرانسه و حتی ایتالیا، کودک در سایه‌ی آشنایی با مسائل جنسی است که پا از دوران کودکی بیرون می‌گذارد اما در امریکا بیش‌تر درسایه‌ی کشتن است؛ و نیز در سایه‌ی مرگ است و نه عشق که به جهانِ سقوط راه می‌یابد

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banana fish :’)

Eskimolarla savaştan hemen önce: Savaş, savaşa katılanlar ve katılmayı çok da istemeyenler.. Günlük hayatın akışına bir virüs gibi sızan savaş gerçeği, 3. öyküde de yinelenmiş. Ginnie Selena’nın abisinden mi hoşlandı? Eğer öyleyse çok da haksız sayılmaz. Ailesine ve topluma uyum sağlayamamış, aile ve toplum da pek matah görünmüyor.
Çöp sepeti neden jiletle dolu?
Selena’nın annesi gerçekten var mı?