Salinger
- Thread starter Twila
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So a book about Salinger not by Salinger, lol.
He's one of those authors that people do a 'one name drop' when stating what they're reading, Vonnegut is another one.
Required reading back when we were in school. Man all those slate tablets were heavy.
Optional when I was there. I read Catcher in the Rye. It was well written but I couldnt stand the main character and hoped he would die at the end. I was disappointed. From what Ive read and seen in documentaries Salinger himself was not all that likeable as a man either.
I'll take him over Salinger any day.
Never noticed that? Seems like most people, when you ask them what they've read, will list titles before authors but for some authors, the ones that are so universally well known, like JD Salinger or Kurt Vonnegut, they tend to list their name first.
Just a peculiarity I've noticed but then I am kind of prone to noticing odd little quirks, lol.
I've not seen the film (this is the one with Phillip Seymour Hoffman I think) and the only book by Salinger I've read is Catcher in the Rye. But he was perhaps better known for being mysterious than he was for his written works.
I read one of Shields's books - "The Thing About Life is that One Day You'll Be Dead." I quite liked it. Interesting read.
No, I haven't. but now that you've posted about it, I will be noticing it. And I'll probably laugh out loud and they'll stare at me oddly. lol.
I've never read anything by him. The liners of the book just sounded so amazing. Once I've finished I will read his books. See if I can read the effects of his life on his writing.