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Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction JD Salinger 9780316766944 Books

This has been my favorite Salinger book since 1970. I have them all, but RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM stays in my mind all the time. The opening sequence changed my life and prepared me for some very hard times in the next 40 years. Fiction does, indeed, help us to understand humanity better than any other source.


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Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction JD Salinger 9780316766944 Books Reviews

One of my all-time favorite authors who never disappoints me. This is not my first time reading "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" but it is the first time that I noticed the quotation in the front of the book which explains the title.
I did not experience J. D. Salinger's work until I returned to college as an adult but as soon as I read one of his short stories I was hooked. I am not a particular fan of the short story but I own most of Salinger's and read them over again every few years. His stories of the Glass family continue to intrigue me and reading the recent biography of Salinger added to my fondness for these stories. I just sent my copy of "Frannie and Zooey" to my grandson. He is fourteen, reads at the college level and it is hard for me to find books that I like and think will interest him.
I highly recommend this book for readers from teenagers to retirees like me.
Great book. I got this book and could not put it down the first couple days I received this book. Absolutely fantastic book and would definitely recommend this to anyone.
I'm a huge Salinger fan, this book is a new favorite. I got a used copy from a third party seller and I'm pleased with it. I prefer the user editions for the character and I feel it's more eco friendly. Very good read for Salinger fans!
I am replacing very old J. D. Salinger books. He is one of 3 of my favorite authors. His stories still hold up after all these years.
"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" is one of Salinger's masterpieces. It is a truly enrapturing story, one of the few pieces of writing in the world with the ability to make you actually laugh at loud at moments. Unfortunately, this novella is only half of this book.
I agree with another reviewer who said that "Seymour An Introduction" is agony. It's a rambling, haughty, uninteresting story that holds almost no interest for the reader unless you want to hear a fictional character repetitively rant about another fictional character with no concern for the reader whatsoever.
I actually bought another copy off the shelves before this one arrived because I was too impatient, and have since sent this one off anonymously to a friend who love reading.

I think you will need to like the Glass Family to read either of these stories, like, really like them, even though a lot of them are problematic and unlikeable. I liked Seymour in particular, and I adore Buddy's love for Seymour as a brother, so these two stories really reached out to me and gave me the closure I needed since Seymour's death in Bananafish.

Of the two, the better written story is no doubt Raise High, but the more personal one, the one I connected with, was Seymour An Introduction.

Seeing that I sent my extra copy off to a friend, you can bet I would recommend this to people!
I'm going to give this book only three stars because I think "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" is a great story, but "Seymour An Introduction" is agony to read. "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" is written in a conventional style of a novella. It's an interesting story told by Buddy Glass about how his brother Seymour Glass did not show up at his wedding. Buddy ends up entertaining some of the wedding guests at the apartment that Buddy and Seymour share. John Updike considered this story as the best of the stories written about the Glass family, and I agree, but I also liked "Franny" and "Zooey." I would give "Seymour An Introduction" no stars. It was hard to read this novella. It was basically a rambling lecture written by Buddy about his brother Seymour. It is infamous for its digressions. It was one of the last stories Salinger ever published. Eberhard Alsen (2002) writes "'Seymour-An Introduction' received more negative reviews than any of Salinger's previous work." If you are a Salinger scholar, these two stories express important themes in Salinger's writing. But if you plan to feel entertained, you will be disappointed when you read "Seymour An Introduction."
This has been my favorite Salinger book since 1970. I have them all, but RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM stays in my mind all the time. The opening sequence changed my life and prepared me for some very hard times in the next 40 years. Fiction does, indeed, help us to understand humanity better than any other source.