BIB_ID
449110
Accession number
MA 23840.260
Creator
Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010, sender.
Display Date
Windsor, Vermont, 1966 June 21
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2023.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.8 x 21.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. Ismail Merchant, 400 East 52nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022, postmarked June 21, 1966.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Thanking Merchant for his enthusiastic letter about "Catcher in the Rye"; expressing a dislike of "public life" and hoping Merchant and Ivory find pleasure in making their films; telling Merchant to-- "for your own pleasure"-- ask Lillian Ross what she thinks of Jean Gabin sometime, as her reaction is "what the arts are all about"; wishing Merchant well and hoping he sees him sometime soon.
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