jack kerouac/terrible drafts
depressed@collegemail.com
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:34:09 +0000
I heard about this book, On the Road, by Jack Kerouac, in some movie
and thought I should check it out. I read some of the reviews at
amazon and many of them said that it was great. I liked the subject
just some guy who travels around doing nothing, thought 'Hey, this
is probably a book I'll like'. Anyway, I got it and read a few pages
and it SUCKED!! I don't understand how anyone can think this book is
great. I don't read much "important" literature, I've never read anything
by Hemingway or Vonnegut or something but I thought I'd like this one
and I really didn't. Anyone have any thoughts about this book?
I've said before that I don't much like _Seymour: an introduction_.
I tried reading it again a few days ago, to see if I would "get it".
Well, I didn't, but there are a few things in there that I like a lot.
My favorite line in the story is probably about the drafts, when he's
talking about how when Seymour had been awake for long his hands would
get really cold and "..he sometimes asked me if I felt a terrible draft.
(No-one in our family felt drafts. Only terrible drafts)"
I don't remember if that's exactly how it goes but something like that.
I don't know why I like that line so much, probably because it kinda
reminds me of my own family. Just thought I'd share that with ya.
I also like the line in catcher when he says "She had a really nice voice.
A nice telephone voice mostly. She should have carried a goddam telephone
around with her."
I live in iceland and I recently read a icelandic translation of
Catcher and it sucked big time! Maybe it's because I'd read it in
english before, I don't know.
Well, anyway, I'm just rambling on and on
bye
-Grant-
"I'm not like them, but I can pretend"
-K. Cobain-
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