Subject: Matthew: An Introduction, and theoretical Glass stories
From: Matthew Jones (columnatedruinsdomino@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 20 2001 - 20:44:00 GMT
Let me introduce myself. My name is Matthew Jones and I am a retired writer
living in Jamaica. I've only just "logged on" to the internet and the first
thing I looked for was a Salinger website. From there I was led to this
mailing list.
I remember reading the New Yorker magazine back in the 1940s and 1950s (at
that time I lived on the East Coast of the U.S.). Salinger's stories, when
they appeared in the magazine, always impressed me. It wasn't until the
1970s, when I was working in Canada, that I re-read those stories in book
form, and dug out the infamous "Hapworth" from a university library.
I admire Salinger for his self-imposed silence and apparent discipline. I'm
hoping that we will see some more of his work. I presume it will be
posthumously published. I'm crossing my fingers that I'm still around at
that time! I imagine that Salinger will have everything properly planned
before his death. The ideal situation (for me) would be his estate releasing
a book a month for a couple of years. Plain covers with only title and
author name. I hope they don't adopt the Hemmingway strategy of slowly
releasing the unpublished work over decades. I'm eighty this year, and don't
like my chances of being here for another 20 years!
This mysterious novel, "The Fall of the House of Glass", which was
supposedly written in the early 1970s, is intriguing. If it were genuine,
what on Earth could it be about? Salinger worked backwards in his Glass
stories, from 1948 to 1924. So before that? Stories about Seymour's
ancestors? Or did he start filling the gaps in the overall narrative?
I also wonder if there are novella-length stories titled "Buddy", "Walt",
"Boo Boo", etc. to go with the already-published "Franny", "Seymour" and
"Zooey"?
In conclusion, I'm happy to be here. I look forward to reading your
responses.
Matthew.
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