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J.D. Salinger dies at 91
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| woscar |
| quote: | J. D. Salinger, who was thought at one time to be the most important American writer to emerge since World War II but who then turned his back on success and adulation, becoming the Garbo of letters, famous for not wanting to be famous, died Wednesday at his home in Cornish, N.H., where he had lived in seclusion for more than 50 years. He was 91.
Mr. Salinger’s literary representative, Harold Ober Associates, announced the death, saying it was of natural causes. “Despite having broken his hip in May,” the agency said, “his health had been excellent until a rather sudden decline after the new year. He was not in any pain before or at the time of his death.” |
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| stren |
| That reminded me how much Catcher in the rye sucked |
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| EddieZilker |
| Famous authors. They always be dying. They kill me. |
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| floyd741 |
| Catcher in the Rye was a good book, imo. Besides that I don't know anything else about this guy. |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
I loved Catcher in the Rye....this news is actually huge in the world of literature. There are reports from people who were close to Salinger indicating that he had written hundreds of other books, but never got them published due to his desire to stay out of the spotlight in lieu of Catcher being such a sensation.
Now that he's dead, I wouldn't be surprised if we see a Catcher movie get made in the near future, plus a load of these unreleased books get published. |
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| R.j. |
| It's actually kind of weird reading that. Catcher in the Rye is a good book. Franny and Zooey, those stories are good reads as well. |
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| igottaknow |
| I thought CR was overrated. I read it for high school lit, so its possible I was too young to appreciate its finer points. I do remember and like the duck part though. |
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| dj_alfi |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
I thought CR was overrated. I read it for high school lit, so its possible I was too young to appreciate its finer points. I do remember and like the duck butter part though. |
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| Viber |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
I do remember and like the duck part though. |
Nah, the Sopranos did it better. |
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| igottaknow |
Ironic that Salinger became Holden Caulfield or the two were one in the same all along. The whole way he isolated himself from the world, building a wall to protect himself from life's "phoniness".
*puts on a hunter's cap and sits in the corner* |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Apparently he has as many as 15 books written and ready to be published after his death. He was notoriously reclusive, and didn't want the attention they'd bring him.
Personally, I think that's beautiful. |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Apparently he has as many as 15 books written and ready to be published after his death. He was notoriously reclusive, and didn't want the attention they'd bring him.
Personally, I think that's beautiful. |
At first, I thought that but after reading about him I think that's a rather idealized notion of someone who was a crackpot. An excerpt from his sister:
Mr. Salinger was controlling and sexually manipulative, Ms. Maynard wrote, and a health nut obsessed with homeopathic medicine and with his diet (frozen peas for breakfast, undercooked lamb burger for dinner). Ms. Salinger said that her father was pathologically self-centered and abusive toward her mother, and to the homeopathy and food fads she added a long list of other enthusiasms: Zen Buddhism, Vedanta Hinduism, Christian Science, Scientology and acupuncture. Mr. Salinger drank his own urine, she wrote, and sat for hours in an orgone box. |
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