Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction, (Hardcover)

from xtien

Part one, the roof beam, is kind of in the same style as the Catcher in the Rye. Well written, good, fun, emotional. The second part, "Seymour, an Introduction", is very different. It's like an introduction to a book of poetry by Seymour, the elder brother of the "first person" in the book, that ...

from labrick

I enjoyed "raise hit the roof beam, carpenters" because, to me, it felt like the classic Salinger narrative that's present in "Catcher in the Rye" and "Franny and Zooey". It seemed nostalgic, and I found the characters interesting. "Seymour: an introduction" had an entirely different feel to it. ...

from DRFP

Salinger's prose is still excellent here but he mires Seymour: An Introduction in a mass of asides and irrelevant details. As a result the story is quite a slog to get through. S:AM felt very much like Zooey except even more obfuscated. It's an admirable piece of character fiction but not very en...

from erinjamieson

I loved Raised High a Roof beam, Carpenters. The characters were perfectly and poignantly illustrated. Every scene was perfectly described. This book does well to develop Buddy and Seymour's characters and is great in continuation with Franny and Zooey. Where Franny and Zooey seem to only find be...

from pingdjip

Het eerste verhaal met veel plezier gelezen, maar het tweede vond ik belachelijk saai. In het eerste verhaal gaat Buddy naar de bruiloft van zijn broer Seymour, die zelf niet komt opdagen. In een taxi hoort Buddy hoe negatief de vriendinnen van de bruid over Seymour denken. Maar Buddy's onuitgesp...