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Started reading this today because I wanted a break from SF&F.

"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" certainly had an unexpected conclusion.

A perfect day for banana fish was insane and I loved it so much

Slow progress, because I have to sit and think about each little story once I've finished it. My favourite Salinger book by far.

Pretty mouth and green my eyes: me encantó, es la cosa más argentina que leí de un yanqui.
Blue period: no sé si me encanta o me parece una bosta. Me parece que el final es digno aunque un poco apurado y que el protagonista está muy bien construido

René with love and squalor: me destrozó

Salinger era un maestro cuentista. Acá van un par de micro reseñas.
Banana fish: me destrozó
Before the war with the Eskimals : me encanta su forma de básicamente contarte un montón sobre la psiquis de sus personajes mientras dice pavadas
The laughing Man: no me destrozó,me hizo mierda y me rompió en mil pedazos
Down at the: muy adorable y triste a la vez

Salinger me destruye, por lo general soy muy fuerte, pero se necesitan dos manos para aplaudir con una sola no se puede

Hay algo en Salinger, que lo hace especial, será la soledad y inocencia de sus personajes, que son tan reales. Salinger no será ni el mejor ni peor escritor, pero es distinto, y sobre todo es un escrito revelante para estos tiempos. Será sobreviviendo hasta que la humanidad se acabé.

I really like the stories so far!

Acabé de leer el cuento Un día perfecto para el pez platano, Seymour quizá el personaje central del cuento se recordó a Septimus de La Señora Dalloway. Lo que ah hecho el ser humano, con el propio ser humano

"¿Ves más cristal?"

На любителя

To Esme with Love and Squalor

starting strong jd

do many things to me but don’t come even close to amusing me

wowie

Blue period and bananafish are my favourite stories here i think. This guy is so arse it’s crazy. I love it bad

why cant i escape sybil

we meet again mr salinger

Chiar înaintea războiului cu eschimoșii 3/10
what was the point?!

these stories are so good

i tried to keep reading after finishing “a perfect day for bananafish” but my mind kept thinking about it and i had to stop.

“a perfect day for bananafish” might’ve been the best short story i’ve ever read. i was a bit confused and uncomfortable but the ending redeems it

I haven't been reading much for a few days outside of speculation about WW3 which is lurid escapism for me and not actually anxiety-provoking.

Tout le monde est une nonne.

"Just barely leaving the cab door open, she walked briskly and obliviously, like visiting Hollywood royalty, into the building. Ginnie, her face burning, paid the fare.[...]At fifteen, Ginnie was about five feet nine in her 9-B tennis shoes, and as she entered the lobby, her self-conscious rubber-soled awkwardness lent her a dangerous amateur quality."

Salinger's last book in his lifetime was published when he was 44. He lived to be 91. I think he was somehow a stunted author. I don't mean that he was childish, but stuck. What he is when found is interesting.Is he the author of the book Chapman was obsessed with when he shot Lennon or the main influence on Wes Anderson's best, early films or one of the writers bookish teens read in the process of becoming an adult?

"For Esmé — with Love and Squalor" is a real standout.

تقدیم به اِزمه با عشق و نکبت!

Well then, there's another one, "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period." Salinger? Huh. So so so good.

It’s so silly. All you do is get the heck out of your body when you die. My gosh, everybody’s done it thousands and thousands of times. Just because they don’t remember it doesn’t mean they haven’t done it. It’s so silly.

I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.