Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters

"Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters" is a novella by J. D. Salinger, which was originally published in the November 19, 1955 issue of "The New Yorker."Like many of the other Glass family stories, "Raise High" is narrated by Buddy Glass, the second of the Glass brothers, and describes Buddy's visit on Army leave (during World War II, in 1942) to attend the wedding of his brother Seymour to Muriel, and tells of the events that follow the wedding's non-occurrence. The events that occur in this story set the stage for Seymour's suicide in 1948. Seymour is described through the eyes of Buddy-the only way readers can picture him-and through those of the would-be wedding's attendants. Included is the Matron of Honor, a gruff and burly woman whom Buddy meets in a car leaving the site of the wedding. The other passengers (who include the Matron of Honor's husband Robert; Muriel's father's deaf-mute uncle; and a middle-aged woman named Helen Silsburn) spend most of the car ride ignorant of Buddy's relation to Seymour.Anthologized with "Seymour: An Introduction", they share the rank of third-bestselling novel in the United States for 1963.Einstein Books' edition of "Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters" contains supplementary texts:* A few quotes of J. D. Salinger* A few facts about J. D. Salinger