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In spring 1972, Maynard and Salinger exchanged letters during her freshman year at Yale. By July, Maynard had given up her summer job writing for The New York Times to move in with Salinger in Cornish, New Hampshire. [8] [2] Salinger and his wife had divorced in 1967. By September 1972, Maynard had given up her scholarship to Yale and dropped out.
Where Salinger grew up, 1133 Park Avenue in Manhattan. Jerome David Salinger was born in Manhattan, New York, on January 1, 1919. [5] His father, Sol Salinger, traded in Kosher cheese, and was from a family of Lithuanian-Jewish descent from Russian Empire. [6]
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.
Franny and Zooey is a book by American author J. D. Salinger which comprises his short story "Franny" and novella Zooey / ˈ z oʊ. iː /. [1] The two works were published together as a book in 1961, having originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957 respectively.
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First published in 1940, "Go See Eddie" is one of J. D. Salinger's first short stories. [18] Initially submitted to Story magazine and then to Esquire before being accepted by The University of Kansas City Review, now known as New Letters, this short story was forgotten for decades, before being uncovered in 1963 by Salinger's biographer Warren French.
“Unlike many soldiers who had been impatient for the D-Day invasion, Salinger was far from naive (with dots) about war.In stories like ‘Soft-boiled Sergeant” and ‘Last Day of the Last Furlough” he had already expressed disgust with the false idealism applied to combat and attempted to explain that war was a bloody, inglorious affair…” —Biographer Kenneth Slawenski in J. D ...
“Go See Eddie” is one of a number of Salinger’s uncollected stories that deals with “characters who become involved in degrading, often phony social contexts.” [8] An examination of “social manners [and] the corruption of innocence” [9] [10] the story, “though slight in range, foreshadows Salinger’s more searching explorations of innocence either threatened or lost ...