JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family confirms

Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by stupidcar on Monday February 04, 2019 @06:25PM (#19081709)

The interview makes it pretty clear that it isn't being published against his wishes. He wanted it out there, just not while he was alive.

Now perhaps Salinger's son (and his widow) could be lying in the hope of profiting off his work, but if so he's chosen a strange way to go about it, blocking publication of his juvenilia and neglecting his own acting and producing career to spend what will apparently be the best part of twenty years collecting and editing it all.

Personally though, I think Matt Salinger's genuine. In fact, he comes across as extraordinarily respectful of his father's legacy. Would that we all had people willing to expend so much effort and care to honour us after we have passed.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by toyg on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:58AM (#19084029)

It might well be that it is a condition of his father’s will that he should make these arrangements. The royalties on “Catcher” alone are likely worth ten times what he could make from acting gigs (especially gigs he got: he was Captain America in that disgraced straight-to-video production...). At that point, might as well do things properly and carve yourself an essential role as the keeper of dad’s estate.

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Re:JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family con... by trentlott on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:34PM (#19082080)

He supposedly spent effort categorizing his works into works to be published as-is, edited before release, or to be destroyed.

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