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Why is there such a lack of time in my life all of a sudden?

And we are back to Salinger.

Por empezar el 4to. cuento

Completely under his spell

Gagal paham sama cerpen pertama :(

"Padre y maestros, yo me pregunto: "¿Qué es el infierno?". Sostengo que es el sufrimiento de no poder amar".

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Este libro me aburre de sobremanera...

"Father said I have. I sense of humor at all, he said I was in equipped to meet life because I have no sense of humor."

Gosh, it's been years since I read Salinger, and I am struck anew at the perfection of these short stories. Dialogue that leaps off the page, so many feelings, this sense of desperation that permeates everything. But somehow they're still funny. Still sweet. I still smile, even though they're filled with such devastating loss.

Almost done with this book!

20-somethings now (2016) and 20-somethings then, (in the 1940's), surprisingly not that different....see: Just Before a The War With The Eskimos

Just before the war with the Eskimos.

For Esmé is the best one so far, along with the Bananafish. Loved them.

I've heard Salinger send his stories to New Yorker several times until New Yorker agreed to publish his stories, now I see why...

I've just finished the first story: "a perfect day for bananafish" To be honest, I think it was completely nonsense!

I've just finished the first story: "a perfect day for bananafish" To be honest, I think it was completely nonsense!

I would be so far ahead in this book if I could find it...I'm pretty sure the cat stole it, it's under the bed, in his lair.

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Uncle wiggly in Connecticut: 5/5

A Perfect Day for Bananafish: childhood innocence vs. war brutality and missed opportunities and ptsd. 4.5/5 stars

Mah.

Collonut!

Quin gustet llegir a aquest home.

I'm trying to do one of these a day.

Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah!

trippy. again.

trippy

ugh