According to the authors and the dozens of people they interviewed. National bestseller the inspiration for the major motion picture rebel in the rye one of the most popular and mysterious figures in american literary history, the author of the classic catcher in the rye, j. Salinger treats this fascinating and appealing collection of fan mail directed to a famous writer and recluse in an unconventional and illuminating manner. Salinger in 1952, reading from the catcher in the rye. Salinger david shields, shane salerno droemer knaur. David shields audio books, best sellers, author bio.
Based on eight years of exhaustive research and exclusive interviews with more than 200 peopleand published in coordination with the international theatrical release of a major documentary film from the weinstein companysalinger is a global cultural event. By learning about salingers life, readers will come to understand holden caulfield and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Name of writer, number pages in ebook and size are given in our post. In the course of a nineyear investigation, and especially in the three years since salinger s death, david shields and shane salerno have interviewed more than 200 people on five continents many of whom had previously refused to go on the record to solve the mystery of what happened to salinger. This oral biography offers direct eyewitness accounts from salingers world war ii brothersinarms, his family members, his.
Its a huge, generous compendium of quotations from many sources, pieced together rather like george plimptons astonishingly good overheard truman capote biography. Check here and also read some short description about franny and zooey by j. In the course of a nineyear investigation, and especially in the three years since salingers death, david shields and shane salerno have interviewed more than 200 people on five continents many of whom had previously refused to go on the record to solve the mystery of what happened to salinger. After making his mark on the american literary scene with the classic bildungsroman the catcher in the rye, salinger retreated to a small town in new hampshire, where he hoped to hide his life away from the world. The book is an oral biographical portrait of reclusive american author j. Salinger by david shields,shane salerno book resume. Based on eight years of exhaustive research and exclusive interviews with more than 200 peopleand published in coordination with the international theatrical release of a major documentary film from the weinstein company salinger is a global cultural event.
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