J D Salinger seems to have lived out dream of Holden, the young protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye by making the ‘dough’ with his novel, buying a remote home in Cornish, New Hampshire and shunning the world of phonies
Cortazar’s short story ‘A Yellow Flower’, in his book Blow-up and other Stories has a unique take on continuity of life and existential angst. The protagonist of the tale perpetually ponders upon mortality, immortality, reincarnation and death through his own surreal experience.
Manto chose to look at the uglier side of humanity and the violence within human souls.
January 29, 2010
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