Re: The Worst
Jake McHenry (seymour@ktis.net)
Wed, 02 Jun 1999 16:06:27 -0500
I am plugging through the uncollected stories and can't say for sure yet
what I like best and consider the worst. More and more when I think about
these stories I somehow feel the need to remind myself of the era in which
they were written. Soft Boiled Sargeant, for instance, is one that I like
alot. I know it is all Reader's Digesty (I agree with the term Thor. That
was not a shot.) but I still liked it. That, I think, was Salinger's
intentions. I mean, O. Henry's Gift of the Magi is as trite and contrived
and expected as they come but it is still a nice story regardless. The
Holden excerpts I could do without. Hapworth, so far, is my favorite and I
suspect it will remain so after all is said and done.
Glad you had a good weekend Thor. (I hope everyone else did as well.)
-Jake
-----Original Message-----
From: Thor Cameron <my_colours@hotmail.com>
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: The Worst
>
>Hey, Guys, I'll extend the invitation one more time:
>The Hang Of It is the Worst Salinger. Way too cutesy-Reader's-Digesty.
>
>How do you call it? What's the worst of him you've read & why?
>I really want to know.
>
>Thor
>
>
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