J.D Salinger is dead

[Former Member]

I salute J.D. Salinger who has died aged 91

 

Holden Caulfield will live on forever

 

 

Rest In Peace.

[thatboyChase]

MOVIE TIME

[Y_B]

Holden Caulfield is overrated

[JamesSavik]

If you want a complex literary character, Holden Caulfieled is a raging pussy compared to Brian Kellum of the Brian & Pete Series by Dewey.

 

Nobody does angst better.

[W_L]

If you want a complex literary character, Holden Caulfieled is a raging pussy compared to Brian of the Brian & Pete Series by Dewey.

 

Nobody does angst better.

 

 

Well, the guy did write one of the first sexually questioning novels. I would give him some credit for breaking the mainstream barriers and being the precursor to our stories today.

 

He will be missed.

[myself_i_must_remake]

"In this entre-nous spirit, then, old confidant, before we join the others, the grounded everywhere, including, I'm sure, the middle-aged hot-rodders who insist on zooming us to the moon, the Dharma Bums, the makers of cigarette filters for thinking men, the Beat and the Sloppy and the Petulant, the chosen cultists, all the lofty experts who know so well what we should or shouldn't do with our poor little sex organs, all the bearded, proud, unlettered young men and unskilled guitarists and Zen-killers and incorporated aesthetic Teddy boys who look down their thoroughly unenlightened noses at this splendid planet where (please don't shut me up) Kilroy, Christ, and Shakespeare all stopped-- before we join these others, I privately say to you old friend (unto you, really, I'm afraid) please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of very early-blooming parantheses: (((())))."

 

That's my favorite sentence of his, I think.

[Krista]

J.D Salinger is one of my favorite authors..

[methodwriter85]

This is from the Onion:

 

Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger

CORNISH, NH