Name: The Catcher in the rye (in English)
Price: 15.69 USD
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Author: J. D. Salinger
ISBN: 9780241950425

portada The Catcher in the rye (in English)

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Physical Book

Author

J. D. Salinger

Publisher

Penguin Books

Synopsis "The Catcher in the rye (in English)"

The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it s relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the phony aspects of society, and the phonies themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it s a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventional terms, there is hardly any plot at all). Salinger s style creates an effect of conversation, it is as though Holden is speaking to you personally, as though you too have seen through the pretences of the American Dream and are growing up unable to see the point of living in, or contributing to, the society around you. Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood, it deals with society, love, loss, and expectations without ever falling into the clutch of a cliche.

J. D. Salinger

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Jerome David Salinger (Nueva York, 1919 - New Hampshire, 2010) Es una de las figuras más populares y misteriosas de la historia literaria estadounidense. Estableció su reputación sobre la base de una sola novela, El guardián entre el centeno (1951), cuyo personaje principal, Holden Caulfield, personificó el sufrimiento de una generación de estudiantes de secundaria y universitarios.

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