May the neurotic yet immortal bard finally rest in peace.
[QUOTE=radioactive;19898805]The Catcher in the Rye? Never heard of that.
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It's a book about some kid who's name is Catcher or something, who swears a lot and calls people phones for some reason. He says his sister's a big phone too. It's a pretty cool book.
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;19916783]It's a book about some kid who's name is Catcher or something, who swears a lot and calls people phones for some reason. He says his sister's a big phone too. It's a pretty cool book.[/QUOTE]
His name is Holden and he hates the word phony, he also has a mental breakdown and drops out of school.
J.D. Salinger was such a crum-bum who thought everyone was a phony or was trying to rip him off.
He supposedly has tons of unpublished novels in his "literary vault" that are to be released after his death.
Damn, that's too bad.
Yes, I read Catcher in the Rye at school, but I absolutely loved it. It's one of my favorite books of all time and, if not for school, I wouldn't have gotten the chance to read it.
It was really annoying listening to my classmates bash the book. It was usually along the lines of "This book is stupid. Nothing happens" or "This book is boring. All he does is talk". It really is a deep book if some people would give it a chance. I was actually considering reading it for a second time.
Regardless, it's sad to see him go. I look forward to his unpublished books getting released, that's for sure.
Never heard of him or his books.
[QUOTE=Musicfreak59;19899458]I had an English teacher once who said she snuck onto his property by climbing over the gate. She says she went up to the house, rang the doorbell and was greeted by a worker at the house. They said Salinger wasn't expecting visitors and that they were welcome to come in. They all talked (not about the book though) and then left without a signed book or anything. She said the experience was good enough.[/QUOTE]
Bullshit because he's been staying away from society since like he was 40 something. He was very antisocial and stayed that way up until his death.
He was a great writer. I have to say I absolutely disliked The Catcher in the Rye, but his writing in that book was very good. His technical ability to describe/characterize all that shit was damn good - I just fucking hated Holden for being such a whiny jackass.
to kill a mockingbird was way better
Holy shit, that guy was alive?
[QUOTE=pyrofiliac;19899780]Cool now it can be made into a movie (Salinger expressly stated that none of his works were to be made into movies while he was alive).[/QUOTE]
There are two ways the movie could go
a) Depicting the events in the book, which would be mildly amusing but really shallow since it misses out on all the important musings and monologues
b) Depicting the events in the book with a voice-over near continually narrating thoughts, which would be better but far more annoying
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