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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
funny
reflective
reflective
Bellissimo, I miei preferiti sono stati Per Esmé con amore e squallore e Zio Stortino (Wiggily) nel Connecticut. Il tema dell'infanzia mi ha molto colpita questa contrapposizione all'età adulta, sembra volerci dire che proprio nell'infanzia c'è la vera maturità la piena espressione di sé stessi. Si passa dalla guerra e le sue sofferenze ad una chiara accusa alla società americana dell'epoca al suo conformismo, veramente bellissimi
challenging
dark
slow-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When I was in high school we read a Perfect Day for Bananafish, which opens this collection. It was certainly gripping with a gut punch ending, but like with Catcher in the Rye, I failed to see exactly why we were studying Salinger.
Reading this collection all these years later, I still feel it is the weakest story, but only because the rest are absolutely incredible. Each an agonizing view into someone’s pain and introspection, but holding us at enough of a distance that you need to crack the shell and dig out the meat. While the stories are frequently amusing, there is a deep melancholy that seeps into you. Every story’s conclusion saw me put down the book and consider what I had just read, the ice picks that shattered the illusions of happiness in each character. I can’t recommend this collection highly enough.
Favorite: Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut. Brutal.
Reading this collection all these years later, I still feel it is the weakest story, but only because the rest are absolutely incredible. Each an agonizing view into someone’s pain and introspection, but holding us at enough of a distance that you need to crack the shell and dig out the meat. While the stories are frequently amusing, there is a deep melancholy that seeps into you. Every story’s conclusion saw me put down the book and consider what I had just read, the ice picks that shattered the illusions of happiness in each character. I can’t recommend this collection highly enough.
Favorite: Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut. Brutal.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
the stories are great, die übersetzung der ausgabe von 1968 leider nicht so.
No tengo muy buena experiencia con Salinger, para nada me conecté con los cuentos.