Almost Wordless: J. D. Salinger
>> Thursday, 28 January 2010
Jerome David Salinger has died at 91 years old, after 50 years almost in silence. Rumor has it that his home at Cornish, New Hampshire, is full of unpublished works. Let's hope they don't put it upside down. Salinger said something like that the important thing is not to publish, but to write.
It feels like Salinger wrote The Catcher in the Rye in a day, and that incredible feeling of ease inspires writing. Inspires the pursuit of voice. Not his voice. My voice. Your voice.
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What a loss.
I only just saw the news. Let's hope there are unpublished works that we will now be able to read. Love your sketch.
I like that - inspiring the pursuit of voice. Thx for your visit earlier today, weighty topic, but it is a behavioral habit of which I truly need to break free. I am determined to strive for new behaviors. Take care!
A very tragic loss for the literary world. I love your drawing.
Hi, Ann, yes, it's such a loss, and so many years in silence... Thanks.
Hello, Pat, thanks for your last comments. It would be cool that you translated Vigevani! Don't know where to find that English publisher, but let's keep the hope! :)
Hello, Dex, thank you for writing that great post in your blog, I'll be thinking about it for a long time. Hope I'll learn something! :)
Thank you, Jo, I wish I knew the name of the author of that drawing. I should be more careful when picking up the images for my blog! But I wanted it. :)
R.I.P. JD Salinger! THank you for everything JD!!!
JD Salinger was a brilliant voice for his time. I'll always treasure passages of his, and remember that his novels left an indelible mark on my most impressionable years.
Well, it may then come to pass that we are gifted with many Sallinger works that have not yet seen the light of day. That would be quite a legacy!
I wonder if it would be right to read his works if he so intended to keep them hidden?
a fantastic writer loved by all, rest in peace :)
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