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The Catcher in the Rye
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This novel is ideal for readers who appreciate classic American literature, coming-of-age stories, and character-driven narratives exploring themes of identity, alienation, and youth.
Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school.
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The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature—and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books.
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.
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Richard Yates of the New York Times Book Review praised Salinger as "a genius" who used language with beautiful control. Clifton Fadiman from the Book-of-the-Month Club News highlighted Salinger's fresh voice as "uncannily true, perceptive, and compassionate." Acclaimed writer Dave Eggers reflects on the lasting impact of Salinger’s work, while John Green notes how the novel resonates on a deep level with readers.
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ISBN: 9780316769488
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 May 1991
Country: United States
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 250g
Pages: 224
About the Author
J. D. Salinger was born in New York City on January 1, 1919, and died in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 27, 2010. His stories appeared in many magazines, most notably The New Yorker. Between 1951 and 1963 he produced four book-length works of fiction: The Catcher in the Rye; Nine Stories; Franny and Zooey; and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour--An Introduction. The books have been embraced and celebrated throughout the world and have been credited with instilling in many a lifelong love of reading.
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