Higher than the rafters, carpenters. Seymour - introduction

From the author of the famous novel "The Catcher in the Rye." "Higher than the rafters, carpenters" is a quote from "Epithalamium," a wedding song by the ancient Greek poetess Sappho. On the day of the wedding of the main character, Seymour Glass, his sister wrote in soap on the bathroom mirror: "Higher than the rafters, carpenters! Here comes the groom, like Ares, higher than the tallest men." Seymour Glass is the eldest of seven siblings. To those who are not well acquainted with him, he seems a strange, unbalanced person. Only close friends know another Seymour - a philosopher, a poet, a deeply sensitive and perceptive man. The story is imbued with the spirit of Zen Buddhism and nonconformism and contributes greatly to the understanding of Salinger - one of the most significant writers of the 20th century.