At 09:54 PM 12/31/97 -0800, you wrote: >It reminded me of Siddhartha (novel by Herman Hesse). Am I out of my mind? david: no. the text leaves exactly who Teddy was in India irrelevant, although personally I always did fancy that this was Salinger's way of nodding to Hesse. Then again who knows? If I remeber correctly though, isn't Siddhartha an adapatation of the legend of Buddha? i'll have to look it up in the afternoon. good morning and happy new year! > >-David Schrimpf > > > randy (glad to be back)