[Bananafish] Nine Stories

[terry cordwell]

It's probably been discussed here before, but anyone got any thoughts on the 
ending of Pretty Mouth?


>From: Christopher Kubica <chriskubica at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: bananafish list <bananafish at lists.bway.net>
>To: bananafish list <bananafish at lists.bway.net>
>Subject: Re: [Bananafish] Nine Stories
>Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:23:06 -0500
>
>How do you know any of this?
>
>--
>CDMK
>
>
> > From: Kenneth <kenny2 at verizon.net>
> > Reply-To: bananafish list <bananafish at lists.bway.net>
> > Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:19:50 -0500
> > To: <bananafish at lists.bway.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Bananafish] Nine Stories
> >
> > Since there appears to be some fresh blood here with a biographical 
>interest
> > in J.D. Salinger (and because I'm bored), I thought I'd offer a few
> > interesting tid-bits about some of the Nine Stories.
> > Why the hell not?
> >
> > Bananafish: Salinger originally submitted the first draft of this story 
>to
> > The New Yorker in 1946. The magazine couldn't make heads or tails out of 
>it.
> > The Laughing Man: In 1957, Salinger tried to sell this story to 
>Hollywood.
> > It came dangerously close to being made into a movie.
> > Dinghy: Salinger originally titled this story "The Killer in the 
>Dinghy."
> > Charming.
> > For Esme: The original version of this story was six pages longer than 
>what
> > we have now.
> > Pretty Mouth: I personally believe this story to have been written in 
>1948.
> > The New Yorker released it three days before the publication of Catcher 
>in a
> > cynical attempt to capitalize on the book.
> > Blue Period: Salinger worried that readers would find this story
> > "offensive." His editor called it "bizarre." While Salinger claimed that 
>he
> > didn't care if it was rejected by The New Yorker, he complained 
>incessantly
> > when it actually was.
> > Teddy: This is a re-worked story that Salinger originally wrote before 
>the
> > release of Catcher and had "floating around" (ouch!) in his closet. The
> > story we have now was not finished until the end of November, 1952. By 
>then,
> > he had already made plans with Little, Brown to include the story in 
>Nine
> > Stories and had set a date with The New Yorker to publish it exactly 
>five
> > years after Bananafish. In other words, neither Little, Brown or The New
> > Yorker had seen the story when they accepted it.
> >
> > I also have a personal speculation about "Teddy." Perhaps oddly, I'm
> > fascinated by Salinger's relationship with his dog, Benny. He adopted 
>the
> > shnauzer while living in Germany in 1945 and adored him beyond measure. 
>But
> > I can find no true reference to the dog after the end of 1952. This 
>makes me
> > wonder whether Teddy's story of Sven's dog (and his diary entry that he
> > would not want a dog himself and risk suffering the pain of seperation) 
>does
> > not indicate that Benny died about this time and reflects Salinger's own
> > grief.
> > I said it was odd.
> >
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