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Author:
Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010, author. 69639
Title:
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters ; and, Seymour : an introduction / J.D. Salinger.
Edition:
Centennial edition.
First Back Bay paperback edition.
Publisher:
Back Bay Books/LittleBrown and Company,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
248 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
Families--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Manners and customs--Fiction.
Fiction.
Other Titles:
Seymour : an introduction
Notes:
The first of these two stories was originally published in the New Yorker in 1955. The second was originally published in 1959 in the same magazine.
Summary:
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Describes Buddy Glass's visit on Army leave during World War II to attend the wedding of his brother Seymour to Muriel and tells of the aftermath when Seymour fails to show, which set the stage for Seymour's suicide in 1948.
Seymour : an introduction. Buddy Glass introduces his brother Seymour, who had committed suicide in 1948, using a stream of consciousness narrative as he reminisces in his secluded home.
ISBN:
0316450758
9780316450751
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1078950474
Locations:
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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