The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls

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"The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls" is an unpublished work by J. D. Salinger.[1] It is about the death of Kenneth Caulfield, who later became the character Allie in The Catcher in the Rye.

History

The story was initially going to appear in Harper's Bazaar,[2] but Salinger withdrew the story before publication. This story is available in the

what.cd.[5]

According to Jack Sublette in his 1984 annotated bibliography of J. D. Salinger, Collier's fiction editor Knox Burger stated in 1948 that "Ocean Full of Bowling Balls" "contains the greatest letter home from camp ever composed by man or boy."[6] The letter referred to is sent from Holden Caulfield (later the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye) to his younger brother in this story, Kenneth.

"The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", along with the short stories "

Birthday Boy" and "Paula", was printed in a small edition titled Three Stories, reportedly in 1999, a copy of which was sold on eBay and then posted on internet file sharing sites in late November 2013.[7]

References

  1. ^ Fiene, R. M. (Spring 1963). "J. D. Salinger: A Bibliography". Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature. 4: 109–149.
  2. ISBN 978-1580631488
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  3. ^ Kristopher Jansma (2011-02-01). "Saving Salinger". The Millions. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  4. ^ Princeton Library guide pg. 2 line 5
  5. ^ Andy (November 28, 2013). "Unpublished Salinger Books Leaked to Private File-Sharing Site". TorrentFreak.
  6. ISBN 978-1400069514
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  7. ^ Payne, Ed; Friedman, Chandler (1 December 2013). "Report: Unpublished J.D. Salinger stories leak online". CNN. Retrieved 17 November 2014.


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