Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction Book

The author writes: The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker ? RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS in 1955, SEYMOUR ? An Introduction in 1959. Whatever their differences in mood or effect, they are both very much concerned with Seymour Glass, who is the main character in my still-uncompleted series about the Glass family. It struck me that they had better be collected together, if not deliberately paired off, in something of a hurry, if I mean them to avoid unduly or undesirably close contact with new material in the series. There is only my word for it, granted, but I have several new Glass stories coming along ? waxing, dilating ? each in its own way, but I suspect the less said about them, in mixed company, the better. Oddly, the joys and satisfactions of working on the Glass family peculiarly increase and deepen for me with the years. I can't say why, though. Not, at least, outside the casino proper of my fiction.Read More

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  • Erin Britton19 October 2008

    Worth a read for the marbles-related Taoist enlightenment alone, this book is an ingenious two story combination providing further insight into the neurotic yet enigmatic Glass family. Both stories are told from the point of view of Buddy, the second eldest of the seven Glass children and both illustrate the difficulties of being exceptional in a society that glorifies normalcy. 'Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters' involves the aftermath of Seymour jilting his fiancée at the altar while 'Seymour, an Introduction' is a somewhat plotless character study of a deeply admired older brother. While neither story offers a straightforward read with a beginning, middle and an end, both are beautifully melancholy and completely gripping. Those who enjoy these tales of the Glass family should make sure to read 'Franny and Zooey' as well as the 'Perfect Day for Bananafish' short in the 'For Esme ~ in Love and Squalor' collection.

  • 0140237518
  • 9780140237511
  • J. D. Salinger
  • 4 August 1994
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 144
  • Rev Ed
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