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Nine Stories by: J. D. Salinger

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Rating: - more than meets the eye

there is so much more to j. d. salinger than we will ever know. the author digs and keeps on digging without apology. sometimes i have to re-read a passage; salinger IS deep; but i always appreciate the author's style and audacity.

Rating: - Salinger's Amazing Style

Once again, Salinger can wow many people with this book. The book goes through stories, of everyday life about people. There is nothing extravagent, but it does wonderfully depict the way humans live, through the genius of one young boy, to the sad and page-turning life of Seymour Glass. As is the course of all Salinger books, it's amazing.

Rating: - So sad, you'll laugh.

/Nine Stories, by J.D. Salinger is a compilation of nine classic Salinger tales each with the intriguing characters for which the author is known and loved. /The first story, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish", draws the reader into the light, airy atmosphere of a summer day at the beach only to devastate with an ending not for the weak of heart. Each tale to follow paints an increasingly intriguing picture of sometimes frighteningly real people in uncommon situations that the author somehow manages to present as almost ordinary. /For Salinger fans or new comers to his work, Nine Stories is a must. Read it one story at a time if you can manage to put it down.

Rating: - Nice story, but too complicated for me

About the "Bananafish": I know that banana symbolizes love in Indian folklore (and probably buddhist phylosophy), what do numbers 6 and 78 mean?

The story seems to be an allegory, but I can't get it completely.

What about feets and ankles? It should be some reason why they are mention several times during the story. Was Salinger a feet fetishist or this is another buddhist symbol?

Rating: - Uncomfortable but first rate writing

Salinger stories, typically, make me feel very uncomfortable. I do not like them because I do not like brussel sprouts. However, standing in the produce section of the grocery, I'll think, "maybe, I'll try brussel sprouts again. Maybe I'll like them today." I haven't liked them yet. A Perfect Day for Bananafish is about a guy named Seymour Glass who, I might add, some people think is Sargent X in To Esme with Love and Squalor. Seymour is living the death of his belief system via intellectual trauma due to war. War=the suspension of morality and to a highly moral individual a bananafish eats too many bananas and can't find his way back to life, back to a sem-balance of 'reality' The outcome is inevitable-some things are not acceptable. Sorta William Blake-ish. By far, the priority pieces in this book are Teddy and Down at the Dingy. Teddy because he is God and we are all God. Acceptable and intertwined with one another. Unwilling to separate from the material anchors which tie us down to a temporal existence. Down at the Dinghy because the story is about a boy who receives 'radio transmissions' in the form of human feeling. In so much, the words me nothing, the feeling means everything. I have to admit, it reminds me of my own son, who has not let his Batman shirt leave his body for 3 weeks. Not only because he has a special affinity for Batman but because the stability of the shirt makes him feel safe and strong. This review is precisely why Salinger makes me feel uncomfortable--I prefer to live in denial and feel secure. Maybe I should buy a Batman shirt.

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