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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction (Hardcover)

by J. D. Salinger (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; Rev Ed edition (4 Aug 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140237518
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140237511
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 109,705 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Two long short stories first published in the New Yorker in the 1950s, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction are each narrated by writer Buddy Glass, a character often said to be a portrait of the author himself. Both are stream of consciousness narratives, focussing on the life of Seymour, the eldest Glass brother and exploring the brothers’ quest for enlightenment. In the first piece, Buddy has taken leave from the army during World War II to attend Seymour’s wedding, the events occurring setting the scene for a tragedy to follow. In the second, Buddy reminisces about Seymour in an attempt to introduce this complex character properly to the reader.


About the Author

J D Salinger was born in 1919. He grew up in New York City, and wrote short stories from an early age, but his breakthrough came in 1948 with the publication in The New Yorker of 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish'. The Catcher in the Rye was his first and only novel, published in 1951. It remains one of the most translated, taught and reprinted texts, and has sold some 65 million copies. It was followed by three other books of short stories and novellas, the most recent of which was published in 1963. He lives in Cornish, New Hampshire.

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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars More excellence from Salinger's short stories, 13 May 2000
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Both these stories are interlinked with that of "For Esmé with love and Squalor" and "Franny and Zooey" giving a greatly detailed view of the family's lives. When these stories are read with the other two books we can amazingly link the lives together especially thanks to this book. I would recommend reading this book after reading the other two first, thus you can interlink all the lives together and discover why future events may have happend. In conclusion this book is worth the money you pay for it, although I would not buy this before you get to know the authors past first. Christian Barron
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Numb, 20 Mar 2000
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This review is from: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (Hardcover)
This is a short story about Salinger's brother Seymour (also written about in 'Lovely day for Bananafish' and 'Seymour: An Introduction')and it so moved me as to now be considered one of my all time favourite reads. Seymour's life story, although tragic, is what I feel to be the most beautiful and complete summary of what it means to be human that I've ever come across. Salinger writes this book with such love, the work comes across as poetic more than novelistic.
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 26 April 2001
By Ms. J. E. Mayo "Ginny Weasley" (Manchester, England) - See all my reviews
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There is no need to know about JD Salinger or understand who Buddy and Seymour are. The sheer simplicity of the desire to wave to the old man's hat, to the complexity of Buddy's love for Seymour shown in his inability to find anyone to look for horses in his stead, is pure brilliance. Read this book.
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