“ Sad Motive ” is a short story by Jerome David Salinger, written in 1948 and first published in Cosmopolitan in September of that year. The story tells about the tragic life of Negro jazz singer Lida-Louise Jones, the prototype of which was Bessie Smith . The original title was “ Scratchy Needle on a Phonograph Record ”, but “ Cosmopolitan ” changed its name to “Sad Motive” without Salinger’s consent. The “smoothing” of the name was one of the reasons why the author in the late 40s “wanted to publish works only in“ The New Yorker “” [1] .
| Sad motive | |
|---|---|
| Blue melody | |
| Genre | story |
| Author | Jerome David Salinger |
| Original language | English |
| Date of writing | 1948 |
| Date of first publication | 1948 , September |
Notes
- ↑ Alexander, Paul (1999). Salinger: A Biography. Los Angeles: Renaissance. ISBN 1-58063-080-4 . p. 130.