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Problem of Nature Loving s Pets
June 29th, 2010
I wasn’t sure how it would feel to read a book without pages…but I love it. It’s much easier to hold a Kindle with one hand than it is a paperback. The device is very light and the screen is very easy to read. I read all Sunday afternoon in the bright sun by a pool – no problem. I also thought that the pause between clicking the “next page” button and the actual print appearing would bother me, but I got used to it in no time. The best feature is being able to shop for a new book anytime, anywhere. I highly recommend it!
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June 6th, 2010
Like most people, I was required to read this book in the late 60s. I don’t have any recollection of being touched by it at all. I read it again in college, and either I thought it was all about disaffection and rejecting middle class values or I was told that by my teachers.
I glanced at it again over my daughter’s shoulder on a long plane ride a few years ago and couldn’t wait for her to finish so I could read it again. I was shocked to see that I had completely missed the point: it’s about Holden’s vertiginous fall into depression after the death of his little brother. His parents and his sister are all too damaged by their own grief to help him, and he’s struggling to feel something while avoiding feeling anything. These are familiar demons, beautifully evoked.
Images of Human Nature