Above the rafters, carpenters! Seymour: Introduction

J. D. Salinger (1919–2010) was an American writer, best known for his novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as for his reclusive nature. His last work was published in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980. Growing up in Manhattan, Salinger began writing short stories in high school and managed to publish several of them in the early 1940s before he was drafted into the army, which partly influenced his work.

The texts presented in this book are episodes from a kaleidoscope of stories from the life of the Glass family. They mark important moments in the life of the narrator’s older brother, Seymour, who served in the army, looked after his younger siblings, becoming a role model for them, wrote poetry, was versed in Eastern philosophy, and could not marry because he felt too happy. So Seymour ran away from the wedding. However, he did marry later. So what happened at Seymour's wedding and what worldview principles did he instill in Buddy? — The adoring and in love narrator will tell about this in his memoirs about his older brother.