i actually like jd salinger its quite nice and it starts with the banana fish short story so i love it <3
Jul 31, 2024
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish is one of my all-time favs.
Feb 22, 2024
Part of Salinger's Glass Family series (and one of the pieces originally published in the New Yorker that eventually appeared in Nine Stories -- yes, Lisa Loeb's ["Stay (I Missed You)"] backing band was named after the 1953 book). IMO this is where Salinger's debt to Papa Hemingway is laid bare -- the spare, simple prose; the occasional sweary moments (where the protagonist, Seymour, calls a woman he meets a "goddamned sneak"); the somewhat sudden, surprising and macabre ending. I find people typicially have no middle ground for Salinger that isn't "Catcher in the Rye" -- they either love it or loathe it. I'm in the former camp.
Dec 5, 2024
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I think the works of J.D. Salinger (mainly The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey) are incredible and should be read by everyone for their unique writing and exploration of human nature!! π
The Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books ever and I love it so much β€
Dec 29, 2024
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a japanese coming of age movie that genuinely just changed my life...
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my name also has eleven letters. all my siblings were born on the eleventh of their birth months too. some people say we are part of a conspiracy.
Aug 2, 2024
the other day i went to see the aurora, and when i was on top of a hill i met a random girl, we walked together to her lodging at 3 am because she was on holiday, and it was a really neat moment where i got to meet another stranger and just talk about random things happening in our lives without any repercussions.
made me reflect on how i really do like talking to random people, and giving a listening ear ultimately makes anybody feel heard. that moment just proves to me that human connection is something worth hoping for, it's like it's already written somewhere.
here's a photo she took, it's really good!
May 15, 2024