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Jerome David Salinger (/ ˈ s æ l ɪ n dʒ ər / SAL-in-jər; January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II . [ 1 ]
The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by American author J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form in 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society.
Salinger’s most sympathetic characters find themselves in lonely exile from childhood innocence, or trying to contend with an absent friend or brother. This complex gives retrospective context to Salinger’s early fiction [and] provide access to the more widely known tales published in Nine Stories (1953).—Literary critic John Wenke in J ...
"Down at the Dinghy" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in Harper's in April 1949, [1] and included in the compilation, Nine Stories. [2]Written in the summer of 1948 at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, [3] the story marks a shift away from Salinger's literary misanthropy, which had largely been informed by his horrific combat experiences in Europe during World War II, [4] and ...
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction is a single volume featuring two novellas by J. D. Salinger, which were previously published in The New Yorker: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1955) and Seymour: An Introduction (1959). Little, Brown republished them in this anthology in 1963. It was the first time the ...
Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor".
The 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger has had a lasting influence [1] [2] as it remains both a bestseller [3] and a frequently challenged book. [3] [4] Numerous works in popular culture have referenced the novel.
The Laughing Man" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, published originally in The New Yorker on March 19, 1949; and also in Salinger's short story collection Nine Stories. [1] It largely takes the structure of a story within a story and is thematically occupied with the relationship between narrative and narrator, and the end of youth.