Ep 040 - Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

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🗓️ 10 December 2013

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes an author's personality (or legend, even) grows to the point that it's just as interesting as the work they produced. This is certainly true in the case of JD Salinger—the stories that sprang up around the reclusive author threaten to overshadow many of the stories he actually wrote. It doesn't help that he stopped publishing new work 45 years before his death in 2010.

Having already read Catcher in the Rye, Andrew this week moved on to Franny and Zooey, a pair of related stories about Salinger's fictitious Glass family. Join us for a discussion of the relationship between artists and art, pizza, and the first big snow of the winter.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:05.1	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.4	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Tell me about the snow, Craig.
0:37.6	Uh, I haven't done any measurements outside, but it is freaking snowing!
0:43.2	You're going to take your instruments out later and get some data.
0:46.4	I love snow so much, I should get some snow measuring instruments.
0:50.8	I think it's probably just like a bucket with inches marked on it.
0:57.7	Why do you love snow so much?
0:59.5	I don't know.
1:00.1	Ever since I've known you, you've loved snow a lot.
1:02.5	I just think it's really pretty.
1:04.8	I like being in the snow.
1:07.6	Um, I have a lot of fun memories of playing out in the snow as a kid.
1:12.2	Yeah.
1:12.6	And as as many people know, I'm basically just a large child sometimes.
1:19.2	Sometimes.
1:19.6	Sometimes.
1:21.2	Uh, so yeah, I have not, I have not forsook my childhood passions, including snow.
1:27.9	Um, but yeah, I don't know.
1:30.4	Also, I did not drive until after college.
1:35.2	Okay, so you didn't experience that part of snow that everybody hates.
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