Re: Reaching Heaven
William Hochman (wh14@is9.nyu.edu)
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 12:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
C, where is the review? I'm curious to know more about _Reaching Heaven_.
Do you know who the uathor is? will
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Camille Scaysbrook wrote:
> In Salingerish news ... I just read a review for a book which I think is
> called `Reaching Heaven' (it has a heavenish title) whose hero is named
> Holden Garfield, and who is a journalist who has just come back from the
> war in Bosnia. It's apparently about repressed and unrepressed memories,
> not to mention our old favourite, the loss of innocence. Apparently Holden
> is motivated by his desire to save a girl called Melanie who refuses to
> remember the slaughter of her own family. Apparently the author `relies on
> the reader's knowledge of `The Catcher in the Rye' in the interpretation of
> the book. Anyone heard of or read this one?
>
> Camille
> verona_beach@geocities.com
>