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 nice book - big hole September 1, 2000
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
new york stories ? good. from the new yorker ? even better ! salinger, singer, bellow, updike and more, nice collection, really... a collection that could do well without baldwin, burroughs and others, no need to bemoan that, as the editor is doing in his introduction. why thomas wolfe's brilliant "only the dead..." "doesn't seem to have it anymore", as stated by mr. remnick, will remain a mistery for me. and " dialect story"? at least there are perelman and bemelmans, john cheever,james thurber, john mcnulty, dorothy parker and e.b.white. thanks. but - no alfred kazin, no philip hamburger, no a.j. liebling, and, worst case, no joseph mitchell. all brilliant writers, all people who created that special "the new yorker" style. as brendan gill stated in his book "here at the new yorker" in 1975: "in the opinion of many (which is a by no means modest way of saying "in my opinion"), the finest writer on "the new yorker" is joseph mitchell." and editor remnick himself: "...e.b. white's and jame's thurber's, a.j. liebling's and joseph mitchell's. this was the new yorker at its best..." if it was for copyright reasons, why don't mention it, instead of don't giving any reason at all? so: ever seen a nice book with a big hole right through the middle ?norbert nowotsch
 Amending previous review June 15, 2000
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I felt the need to amend my previous review. First of all, the Salinger story isn't at all a goldmine. It's four pages long and it details the scene from "Catcher" between Sally and Holden at the ice skating rink. The story is told in 3rd person, and the narration is not that great. After several rewrites, the scene appears in "Catcher" and it is delightful and telling. Stories by Woody Allen, Jamaica Kincaid, Lorrie Moore, Donald Barthelme and many others make this book worth having in your collection. I read a story or two a night and I haven't been disappointed.
salinger fans, buy it June 11, 2000
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This collection contains "Slight Rebellion off Madison." At last, one of the "lost" Salinger stories has been published! "Slight Rebellion" is a story about Holden Caulfield before "Catcher in the Rye." A goldmine for students of Salinger.
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