Nine Stories

oeter19 · 01-19-2003, 09:57 PM

J.D. Salinger is not such a great writer techincally, however a great writer artistically. Has anyone read any of his works? I just finished reading Nine Stories and was amazed by them all.

And of course, the classic, Catcher in the Rye, an amazing book. I read it a few years ago in school and will reread it very soon. Its great!

jezebel36 · 02-04-2003, 09:51 AM

yes! I loved Nine Stories. You should read his other books too. Franny and Zooey is great as well.
JD Salinger is probably my favourite author ever!

Oh, you like PJ Harvey right?? Wasn't it fun seeing the relations between songs on Is This Desire and Nine Stories??

xxJeni

ps. I really like your sig from Teddy!

isobel's ocean · 02-04-2003, 12:15 PM

i just finished Franny and Zooey, but didn't really like it. I thought it was kind of pretentious, and the religious-ness was too much for me. i don't know maybe i am missing something, because i think he's a great writer - i just don't know what he was trying to get across in that book...help?

i have nine stories out from the library now, and i think i will give it a try but...i dunno, i was just turned off by Franny and Zooey...

oeter/jezebel - are the religious themes predominant in nine stories...?

oeter19 · 02-04-2003, 05:38 PM

I've read Franny, not Zooey though. I will once I finish reading something else.

There are religious themes in Nine Stories also. But I don't know if religious is the right word. In Teddy for example there's talk of life and death, which could be interpreted religiously. A Perfect Day for Bananafish wasn't religious (as I remember).

I really enjoyed De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period! I didn't read the stories in the order the book has them. The first I read was Bananafish and the last Teddy (as they're placed in the book) but the others I mixed up!
Read one of them, (I suggest one of the ones I mentioned) and you'll see how much you''ll be drawn into the others!

1500 · 02-05-2003, 02:12 PM

Nine Stories is great! I have also read Franny and Zoe, and the Catcher in the Rye.

I think nine stories is my favorite though.

saturn · 02-07-2003, 03:55 AM

I'm reading Catcher In The Rye right now. I'm at the part righjt after the prostitute and her pimp come in to the hotel to get her money. I just want to give Holden a big hug! But there's one thing I don't understand. Maybe it will be explained later, but what the heck does "Catcher In The Rye mean anyway? What does it refer to?

Anyway, interested in the author's other books too. CITR is quite good, I think.

~saturn

oeter19 · 02-07-2003, 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by saturn
I'm reading Catcher In The Rye right now. I'm at the part righjt after the prostitute and her pimp come in to the hotel to get her money. I just want to give Holden a big hug! But there's one thing I don't understand. Maybe it will be explained later, but what the heck does "Catcher In The Rye mean anyway? What does it refer to?

Anyway, interested in the author's other books too. CITR is quite good, I think.

~saturn

I knew a long time ago, but I've forgotten. I'm sure there's a website out there that has such info. Well, I know there is, but I lost the URL

I'll look though.

jezebel36 · 02-07-2003, 02:39 PM

'catcher in the rye' is explained at the end of the book. I'd post it here but I don't want to spoil it for you.

happy reading.
xxjeni

saturn · 02-09-2003, 05:37 AM

Well, I just finished the book, so I found out what it means. I won't say it here, in case someone else hasn't read it, and they don't want to be spoiled, but I just wanted to say agin how much I enjkoyed this book, though I wanted to give Holden a hug through the whole thing!! (He probably wouldn't want me to, but I probably would anyway).

jezebel36 · 02-09-2003, 05:49 AM

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Originally posted by saturn
though I wanted to give Holden a hug through the whole thing!! (He probably wouldn't want me to, but I probably would anyway).

lol. I wanted to make out with Holden through the whole thing! hehehe

xxjeni

andy · 02-11-2003, 04:57 PM

've just today completed a 3500 word essay on 'The Catcher in the Rye.' I love the book, I do, but Jeeze am I tired of it right now. Not to mention I just finnished a performance of a play where the centrral character Teddy, was based on 'Teddy.' Only he saw a psychotic bear... It was a weird play and I'm overdosed. Wanna see my essay?

andy