The Catcher in the Rye

Jerome David Salinger (/ˈsælɪndʒər/; January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American writer known for his widely-read novel The Catcher in the Rye. Following his early success publishing short stories and The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980.Salinger was raised in Manhattan and began writing short stories while in secondary school. Several were published in Story magazine[1] in the early 1940s before he began serving in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" appeared in The New Yorker magazine, which became home to much of his later work. The Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951 and became an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers.[2] The novel remains widely read and controversial,[a] selling around 250,000 copies a year.The success of The Catcher in the Rye led to public attention and scrutiny. Salinger became reclusive, publishing new work less frequently. He followed Catcher with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953); a volume containing a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey (1961); and a volume containing two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924", appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965. Afterward, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton and the release in the late 1990s of memoirs written by two people close to him: Joyce Maynard, an ex-lover; and Margaret Salinger, his daughter. In 1996, a small publisher announced a deal with Salinger to publish "Hapworth 16, 1924" in book form, but amid the ensuing publicity the release was indefinitely delayed.[3][4] He made headlines around the globe in June 2009 when he filed a lawsuit against another writer for copyright infringement resulting from that writer's use of one of the characters from The Catcher in the Rye.[5]Salinger died of natural causes on January 27, 2010, at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire.[6][7][8] In November 2013, three unpublished stories by Salinger were briefly posted online. One of the stories, "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", is said to be a prequel to The Catcher in the Rye.

出版者:Penguin

作者:J. D. Salinger

页数:240

出版时间:2010-3-4

价格:GBP 5.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780241950425

图书标签:J.D.Salinger英文原版小说麦田里的守望者美国外国文学美国文学塞林格

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J. D. Salinger wrote one of the most famous books ever written, The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger wrote many stories and, in 1941, after several rejections, Salinger finally cracked The New Yorker, with a story, "Slight Rebellion Off Madison," that was an early sketch of what became a scene in "The Catcher in the Rye." The magazine then had second thoughts in part because of World War II in which Salinger was in combat, and held the story for five years before finally publishing it in 1946, buried in the back of an issue. Everyone was surprised when the story and the book that followed it became a bit hit. Even today nobody can really explain why Catcher in the Rye is so famous and so popular. Yet, millions have been sold and are still being sold even though only available as used books nowadays. When The Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951, it was registered for copyright as "additional material." This obviously referred to the earlier work "Slight Rebellion Off Madison." The copyright page on "The Catcher in the Rye" states "Copyright 1945, 1946, 1951 by J. D Salinger." The date of 1945 obviously refers to the publication of "I'm Crazy," a short story written by Salinger and published in the December 22, 1945 issue of Collier's magazine that first introduced the character Holden Caulfield to the reading public. Salinger later reworked this short story to incorporate it into The Catcher in the Rye. The two earlier stories are "I'm Crazy," an early version of Holden's departure from prep school that later shows up in The Catcher in the Rye. With minor alteration, much of this story is familiar to readers as the chapter where Holden visits Mr. Spencer. What sets this story apart is the presence of an additional Caulfield sister and the clarity of Holden's resignation and compromise at the end. "Slight Rebellion off Madison" is an early version of another scene in The Catcher in the Rye. The story follows Holden when he is home from Pency and goes to the movies, then skating with Sally Hayes, followed by his drunken calls to her apartment late at night. An early story, it is the first of Salinger's Caulfied works to be accepted for publication.

读后感

我17岁的时候看的这本书，那时自己还是个青少年，觉得和周围的世界隔着一道鸿沟，是霍尔顿的游荡让我找到了精神上发泄愤怒的出口，为那些难以捉摸的情绪找到了具体的依附。如今纯真已逝，才猛然惊醒，原来塞林格他真正要说的东西不在这里。 还记得施咸荣的译序写道，这本小说...  

《麦田里的守望者》带给读者绵延的感受—— 在时间绵延中，霍尔顿的感知与行动从未中断。他的意念在持续扩散、弥漫。 如果霍尔顿不睡觉，世界就是敞开的。 漫游的老霍尔顿不疲倦。 一半力量来自思考，另一半来自“性”，思考与性，两个要素让霍尔顿像个小炉子，一直烧着。 被揍...  

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作者前言：因为是作业，所以按初中语文风格写作的书评。惭愧地谨以此中规中矩CCAV版的旧文纪念已故文学大师塞林格。 全文如下： 在纽约寒冷的冬天里只穿一件风衣，倒戴着火红的鸭舌帽，漫无目的地在街头游走——个十六岁少年的形象在我们的脑海里栩栩如生。这就是《麦田...  

用户评价

So damn humorous and genius. Salinger talks a lot about his values through the babbles of a depressed messy teenager, making it a fantastic long talk show of great insight. It becomes one of my favorite books.

时隔六七年，我又看了《麦田守望者》。当时我的心境跟Holden如出一辙。

已读2遍或3遍，或许还会读4遍，5遍……塞林格的语感，让人心向往之。

果然是英国专属版本

约翰列侬因此而亡？555 PHONY,LONESOME,DEPRESSED