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by: J. D. Salinger
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316769518
ISBN: 0316769517
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: May 01, 1991
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Sales Rank: 449855
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
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Rating:  - Brilliant ...
A third reading leaves me more impressed than the first two (must be my age) ... I will forever describe myself as a "chiropodist."
"Raise High ..." is brilliant writing.
Rating:  - I really wanted to like this, but...
Probably like many others I sought out Salinger's other books after enjoying Catcher In The Rye. Disappointed with Nine Stories, and totally let down by Franny & Zooey, I continued on to this book. I found the first story - Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters - an enjoyable read. There was hope yet, and Seymour seemed to be the most (only?) interesting character from the Glass family stories; so Seymour: An Introduction would probably be the best story of them all. It turned out to be a kind ... Read More
Rating: - BUDDY GLASS AT HIS BEST
After re-reading Franny & Zooey, I tackled Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. The former is a really great story, narrated by and starring Buddy Glass. It's near the end of World War II and the Glass family is scattered all over the world, but their oldest brother Seymour is getting married in New York City and Buddy is the only one in the family who is able to attend. So Buddy is sitting there in his uniform (it's a sweltering day in the summer of '45) and after ... Read More
Rating: - Advanced Readings in Salinger's Glass family.
When I was in college, I read this book like it was the Bible. Published after his better-known novels, The Catcher in the Rye (1951) and Franny and Zooey (1961), Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963) is a study in Salinger's fictional Glass family, of which Franny and Zooey are siblings. (The Glass family also appear in the short stories "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut," "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," and "Down at the Dinghy," collected in Nine Stories.)
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Rating:  - Roof Beams A Little Gem: Seymour 'the End of Salinger'
Raise High the Roof Beams is the last great work of fiction from the hand of Salinger. Pungent, alive, full of closely observed detail and a touch of believable mysticism. Seymour: An Introduction is the first undeniable symptom of whatever incurable author's disease destroyed Salinger. Though it is shot through with flashes of wit, wisdom and intelligence the overall effect is cringe-worthy.
Salinger comes up against a fundamental and insurmountable problem portraying Seymour. He ... Read More
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