Raise the ceiling, carpenters. Simore. Introductory course. Salinger J.D.

Tales “Raise the ceiling, carpenters” and “Simore: Introductory Course” are included in the Salinderian cycle about the vowel family and are the key to understanding its “nine stories”. Both works are dedicated to the figure of Simor Glass - the eldest of the seven brothers and sisters, the philosopher and the poet, whose mysterious suicide excited not only members of his fictional family, but also real readers around the world.

The narrative is imbued with the Spirit of Zen Buddhism and Nonconformism, and having quoted the wise Bo Lae from the Taoist fairy tale, which is read by the Glass brothers to his ten-month sister at night, you can describe the work of the Slinger himself: “Comprehending the essence, he forgets insignificant features; Surprising internal virtues, he loses the idea of ​​the external. He knows how to see what needs to be seen, and not notice the unnecessary. He looks to where to look, and neglects what you should not look at. ”