{"product_id":"catcher-rye-hardcover-salinger-0316769533","title":"The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. 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Salinger is a staple for a collection of classic fiction novels of any lover of literature\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has read \u003cstrong\u003eJ.D. Salinger's\u003c\/strong\u003e New Yorker stories, particularly \u003cem\u003eA Perfect Day for Bananafish\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUncle Wiggily in Connecticut\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFor Esmé—with Love and Squalor\u003c\/em\u003e, will not be surprised by the fact that his first and only novel is full of children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hero-narrator of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/strong\u003e is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices—but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🖋️ About the Author: J.D. Salinger\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author-box\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJerome David Salinger (1919–2010)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a literary giant renowned for his extreme reclusiveness. Born in Manhattan, he served in the U.S. Army's Counter Intelligence Corps during WWII, carrying early chapters of \u003cem\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/em\u003e during the D-Day invasion. The trauma of the war fundamentally reshaped his writing style. Though he retreated from fame to Cornish, New Hampshire, for his final 50 years, his exploration of adolescent alienation and the loss of innocence remains a cornerstone of American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e📋 Book Data:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"spec-label\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"spec-label\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLittle, Brown and Company\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"spec-label\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJuly 16, 1951\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"spec-label\"\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780316769532\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"spec-label\"\u003eEdition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardcover Edition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote-footer\"\u003e\"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50961430085947,"sku":"0316769533","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/21178323482300.jpg?v=1770417800","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/catcher-rye-hardcover-salinger-0316769533","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}