The Catcher in the Rye
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4.0 • 126 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books.
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
File J.D. Salinger’s iconic first novel under Early American Young-Adult Blockbuster. The Catcher in the Rye revolves around protagonist Holden Caulfield, who’s recovering from a nervous breakdown in a sanitarium out West, giving him time to reflect on his tortured trip home to New York City after being expelled from Pencey Prep in Pennsylvania. It seemed shocking when this mixed-up, foulmouthed prep-school reject became the hero of teens all around the world. But more than half a century later, Holden’s radically authentic voice continues to entrance readers of all ages. By the time you finish reading this heartbreaking and hilarious story of disillusionment, Holden’s collapse seems like the only sane reaction to this “crappy” and “phony” world we live in.
Customer Reviews
Had to look up what it was about
CITR was a good book, the only "problem" i had with it was i was a hundred pages in and still couldn't understand what it was about. Listen, i don't read a bunch of classics, i do enjoy me some YA fantasy most of the time, so my confusion was only explainable. When I understood and looked it up though, i found myself liking it quite a lot. I finished it a couple of minutes ago and i've been thinking about Holden and just how well he can live in his own skin, or for how long. He is worrying to say the least, but his mind is something to be explored. I recommend it, but truly look into it before if you're not familiar with classics. Don't be like me!
Middle third is tough to get through
Interesting narrative style. Some entertaining parts to the book. The middle third is repetitive and boring. Made me even more depressed (a nod to one very repetitive line)
Vivid personality
Holden Caulfield is one of the most idiosyncratic narrators I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading.