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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour：An Introduction

内容简介

Theauthorwrites:ThetwolongpiecesinthisbookoriginallycameoutinTheNewYorker?Whatevertheirdifferencesinmoodoreffect,theyarebothverymuchconcernedwithSeymourGlass,whoisthemaincharacterinmystill-uncompletedseriesabouttheGlassfamily.Itstruckmethattheyhadbetterbecollectedtogether,ifnotdeliberatelypairedoff,insomethingofahurry,ifImeanthemtoavoidundulyorundesirablyclosecontactwithnewmaterialintheseries.Thereisonlymywordforit,granted,butIhaveseveralnewGlassstoriescomingalong?waxing,dilating?eachinitsownway,butIsuspectthelesssaidaboutthem,inmixedcompany,thebetter.Oddly,thejoysandsatisfactionsofworkingontheGlassfamilypeculiarlyincreaseanddeepenformewiththeyears.Ican'tsaywhy,though.Not,atleast,outsidethecasinoproperofmyfiction.

作者简介

JeromeDavidSalinger,wasborninNewYorkCityonJan.1,1919,andestablishedhisreputationonthebasisofasinglenovel,TheCatcherintheRye(1951),whoseprincipalcharacter,HoldenCaulfield,epitomizedthegrowingpainsofagenerationofhighschoolandcollegestudents.ThepublicattentionthatfollowedthesuccessofthebookledSalingertomovefromNewYorktotheremotehillsofCornish,NewHampshire.Beforethathehadpublishedonlyafewshortstories;oneofthem,"APerfectDayforBananafish,"whichappearedinTheNewYorkerin1949,introducedreaderstoSeymourGlass,acharacterwhosubsequentlyfiguredinFrannyandZooey(1961)andRaiseHightheRoofBeam,CarpenterandSeymour:AnIntroduction(1963),Salinger'sonlyotherpublishedbooks.Ofhis35publishedshortstories,thosewhichSalingerwishestopreservearecollectedinNineStories(1953).

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