| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
x, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This work was originally published in the United Kingdom as 'J.D. Salinger: a life raised high', by Pomona Books, West Yorkshire, England, in 2010." -- T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-434) and index. |
| Contents |
Sonny -- Ambition -- Indecision -- Displacement -- Hell -- Purgatory -- Recognition -- Reaffirmation -- Holden -- Crossroads -- Positioning -- Franny -- Two families -- Zooey -- Seymour -- Dark summit -- Detachment -- Farewell -- The poetry of silence -- Coming through the rye. |
| Summary |
One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J.D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now comes a new biography, filled with new information and revelations, garnered from countless interviews, letters, and public records. The author explores Salinger's privileged youth, long obscured by misrepresentation and rumor, revealing the brilliant, sarcastic, vulnerable son of a disapproving father and doting mother. Here too are accounts of Salinger's first broken heart and the devastating World War II service of which he never spoke and which haunted him forever. This work features all the dazzle of his early writing successes, his dramatic encounters with luminaries from Ernest Hemingway to Laurence Olivier to Elia Kazan, his surprising office intrigues with famous New Yorker editors and writers, and the stunning triumph of The Catcher in the Rye, which would both make him world famous and hasten his retreat into the hills of New Hampshire. |
| Subject |
Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781400069514 alkaline paper |
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1400039513 alkaline paper |
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