tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post2318816817362510308..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: J. D. SALINGER R.I.P.Lallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-976723940012891982010-01-31T19:05:03.876-05:002010-01-31T19:05:03.876-05:00That voice, too. It, and his hyper-sensitive eye ...That voice, too. It, and his hyper-sensitive eye to detail, helped create the New Journalism and much of the memoir craze. What was "Catcher" if not the novel as memoir? Again, that voice. Where would Tom Wolfe be without it?Toby T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-5971708514297380142010-01-29T09:36:14.696-05:002010-01-29T09:36:14.696-05:00Dear Lal,
Interesting, isn't it, that Sal...Dear Lal,<br /> Interesting, isn't it, that Salinger's obit starts on page one of today's NY Times, and continues for more than a page and a half inside, while Howard Zinn's obit gets a bit more than 1/4 of page 10 of the Business section. What's front page news in today's Times may be nothing more than a footnote in tomorrow's People's History of the United States. Bob BernerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-15600579999515284752010-01-28T20:00:09.601-05:002010-01-28T20:00:09.601-05:00Thanks for this, Michael. I am pleased to have no...Thanks for this, Michael. I am pleased to have now read the NY Times obit on Salinger. I've only read the Catcher, but Salinger's fame is well and truly known here in Australia, too.<br /><br />He was a fascinating man and writer. In time we'll come to reconstruct a story around him that might satisfy some and then it will change again and again. Who knows what they'll be saying about him in 100 years time.<br /><br />As I wrote on Kass's blog: ah the cult of the writer, especially one who makes himself into a mystery by refusing to cooperate with the media and the world's demands.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com