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So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 10:44:28 AM   
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NEW YORK - J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91. Salinger died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, the author's son said in a statement from Salinger's literary representative. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.


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Honestly, i didn't even realize he was still alive. I guess I just assumed he wasn't. But what a very interesting life he had. As I recall, he was an Army intelligence officer in WWII, who was so deeply traumatized by his experiences in liberating the death camps that he had to be hospitalized after the war. I think that if you know this about him, it helps you understand a lot of his character development, as well as perhaps much of his personal life in later years.

Good bye, Mr. Salinger, and thank you. May you finally find peace.


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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 10:51:06 AM   
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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 10:51:29 AM   
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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 10:54:46 AM   
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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 11:30:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		RIP , JD.

We hardly new ya , except through your work, which is a great gift.

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 11:47:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		I never liked Catcher in the Rye - Holden is just a whiny punk as far as I'm concerned (yeah, I said it... somebody had to say it).

None-the-less my condolences to his family and friends.

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 12:24:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I could never get into Catcher in the rye but not because it was badly written but just because I couldn't get into it but I recognize it for it's literary worth and cultural impact.

My condolences to those close to him, it's a loss for them and a loss for American literature.

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 12:57:01 PM   
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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 1:42:19 PM   
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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 1:56:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		I loved Catcher in the Rye.  It was right on the money.

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 3:38:27 PM   
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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 4:34:58 PM   
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ORIGINAL: stella41b

I could never get into Catcher in the rye but not because it was badly written but just because I couldn't get into it but I recognize it for it's literary worth and cultural impact.

My condolences to those close to him, it's a loss for them and a loss for American literature.


Read A Perfect Day for Bananafish. Those stories are fascinating character studies. Disturbing, but fascinating.

In a rare interview a few decades back, he talked about the difference between sending work to be published, creating in the public a sense that the author owes them, and writing work privately.

Imagine if this means he has a safe full of works, fifty years worth that might now be published. The family has asked the same respect for their privacy during this time of mourning that Salinger was granted. But perhaps in time?

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 4:47:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Panda, I was coming here to post his death but you already did.

He is one of my all-time most favorite writers in the Universe.

I adore his work. I have a tendency to use italics when there is the edit button to do so. Oh really? I always think of JD when I do. He is the freaking King of italics.

In high school Theatre Arts class we had to do a monologue. I chose to do Holden,

Ahem, cough, cough, it goes a little something like this:

"If you really want to hear about it, you probably want to know what my lousy childhood was like and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but my parents would have about two heart attacks a piece if I told anything pretty personal about them... "

I cant remember the rest of it but there was DB his brother, and a gold fish.

I love JD Salinger with my whole heart. RIP big man.

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 5:13:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: stella41b

I could never get into Catcher in the rye but not because it was badly written but just because I couldn't get into it but I recognize it for it's literary worth and cultural impact.

My condolences to those close to him, it's a loss for them and a loss for American literature.


Same here and also that "To Kill a Mockingbird" tome too. And when we had to read that snoozer "Sidhartha" it was lights out for me and the other boys in the class! The teacher kept poking us to keep us awake! God was that boring! I couldn't read two paragraphs without without going night night.

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 5:22:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery


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ORIGINAL: stella41b

I could never get into Catcher in the rye but not because it was badly written but just because I couldn't get into it but I recognize it for it's literary worth and cultural impact.

My condolences to those close to him, it's a loss for them and a loss for American literature.


Read A Perfect Day for Bananafish. Those stories are fascinating character studies. Disturbing, but fascinating.

In a rare interview a few decades back, he talked about the difference between sending work to be published, creating in the public a sense that the author owes them, and writing work privately.

Imagine if this means he has a safe full of works, fifty years worth that might now be published. The family has asked the same respect for their privacy during this time of mourning that Salinger was granted. But perhaps in time?



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In 1999, New Hampshire neighbor Jerry Burt said the author had told him years earlier that he had written at least 15 unpublished books kept locked in a safe at his home.

"I love to write and I assure you I write regularly," Salinger said in a brief interview with the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate in 1980. "But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it."


It'd be fascinating to see what he had done over the years.

RIP.

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 5:23:36 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery


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ORIGINAL: stella41b

I could never get into Catcher in the rye but not because it was badly written but just because I couldn't get into it but I recognize it for it's literary worth and cultural impact.

My condolences to those close to him, it's a loss for them and a loss for American literature.


Read A Perfect Day for Bananafish. Those stories are fascinating character studies. Disturbing, but fascinating.

In a rare interview a few decades back, he talked about the difference between sending work to be published, creating in the public a sense that the author owes them, and writing work privately.

Imagine if this means he has a safe full of works, fifty years worth that might now be published. The family has asked the same respect for their privacy during this time of mourning that Salinger was granted. But perhaps in time?


I have good news, and better news. The good news is that there actually is a safe full of completed work, or at least a couple of file cabinets. He stopped publishing in the early 60s, but continued to write prolifically at least through the 80s, and for all I know well into the 90s or longer. There are several complete novels, and god only knows how many shorter works.

And the better news? He evidently wanted it published after his death. I read about 7 or 8 years ago that he had given his daughter detailed instructions about which works were to be published as is, and which were to be edited before publication. Sounds like his clear intention was that we would all get a chance to read it someday. I'm thinking that once the estate gets settled out, we should see a fairly steady stream of "new" Salinger work released piece by piece for many years to come.

Edit: Level beat me to it, somewhat. At least 15 complete novels? Holy cow. I only hope I live to 91, because it'll probably take me that long to read his backlog. His estate is going to be an industry in and of itself.


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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 5:32:29 PM   
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And the embarrassing thing is, as much as I love that movie (one of my all-time favorites), I never realized until today just how much of it is drawn from Salinger. It didn't hit me until this afternoon how many parallels there are, and how close they are. I don't think it could be a coincidence.

Interesting. I don't know how I missed that all these years.


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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 5:38:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		I wonder if Harper Lee has a safe. I loved "To Kill A Mockingbird".

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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 5:39:09 PM   
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I wonder if Harper Lee has a safe. I loved "To Kill A Mockingbird".


The idea makes me want to get in touch with my inner burglar...


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RE: So Long, J. D. Salinger - 1/28/2010 5:55:24 PM   
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I loved To Kill a Mockingbird. I loved Boo Radley.

I loved so many books...

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