Books by J. D. Salinger
Born: 01/01/1919
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J. D. Salinger Biography & Notes
Jerome David Salinger grew up in New York City, the son of a Jewish father and a Scotch-Irish mother; his father sold cheese and smoked meats. It is said that the Marx Brothers used to drop by the Salinger apartment. At 17, Jerome David decided to become a writer. He attended private schools, never graduated from college, and served in the Army in World War II, an experience he wrote about, obliquely, in several short stories, most notably "For Esmé, With Love and Squalor". He began writing seriously during the war, but most of his early work was so mediocre he tried to keep it from being reprinted; out of dozens, he chose only nine stories for his first collection. Around 1948, however, Salinger began publishing in "The New Yorker", and his fiction improved dramatically, becoming the classic explorations of youth vs. hypocrisy ("phoniness") for which he became celebrated. Salinger has been married and divorced twice; his devotion to Zen Buddhism is evident in his later fiction. In 1952, he moved from New York to Cornish, New Hampshire, where he continues to live as a recluse on 99 acres at the top of a hill, with a view of five states. He has published nothing since 1965, though he apparently continues to write. Salinger has been called the most widely read and least prolific author in history; his reputation rests on one novel, two novellas, and a handful of short stories.
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Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger ( 2001)
In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City.
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Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger ( 2000) |
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The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger ( 1984) |
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Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger ( 2001)
J. D. Salinger's famous and enduring chronicle of Holden Caulfield's journey from innocence to experience is the quintessential coming-of-age novel--though it's an unusual one, in which the hero tries to cling to the simplicity of childhood, achieving a kind of maturity almost in spite of himself. As the novel begins, Holden runs away from his stifling prep school, which is full of "phonies" and where he has, in fact, flunked out. Holing up in a New York City hotel, he has a series of small adventures and missed opportunities, all of which emphasize his loneliness and alienation from the world. A visit to his kid sister Phoebe (in which he memorably articulates his confused notion of being a "catcher in the rye") provides a ray of hope for Holden, as do the ducks in Central Park that he worries about so compulsively: though they do indeed disappear in the winter, they return in the spring. The novel's final image, of Phoebe riding the carousel in the park while her brother looks on, in tears, holds out the idea that there may be a future for Holden as well. Salinger's 1951 novel was a bestseller and became an immediate cult favorite, but it has also, over the years, been subject to criticism and even censorship because of its liberal use of profanity, its frank conversations about sex (though no actual sex takes place), and its generally irreverent view of the adult world.
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El Cazador Oculto by J. D. Salinger ( 2001) |
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El Cazador Oculto/the Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Pedro B. Rey ( 2002)
In an effort to escape the hypocrisies and conventions of life at his boarding school, a disillusioned sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City. (General Fiction)
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Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger ( 2001)
Two children of the Glass family appear in separate stories set in twentieth-century New York.
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El Guardian Entre El Centeno/ The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger ( 1999)
In an effort to escape the hypocrisies at his boarding school, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City.
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Hapworth 16, 1924 by J. D. Salinger ( 2009)
This novella in letter form was first published in The New Yorker in 1965. An almost superhumanly precocious Seymour Glass, age 7, writes home from camp, describing his life and already showing signs of being the sensitive outsider trapped in a world that can have no comprehension of who he is.
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Il Giovane Holden by J. D. Salinger ( 2003) |
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J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger ( 1972) |
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J.D. Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger ( 1985) |
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Levantad, Carpinteros, LA Viga Del Tejado/Seymour Una Introduccion/Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters/Seymour An Introduction by J. D. Salinger ( 1986)
Buddy Glass introduces his older brother and describes the events of Seymour's wedding day.
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Literary Masterpieces Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger ( 2001) |
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Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger ( 1991)
A collection of nine classic Salinger short stories.
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Nueve Cuentos / Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger ( 1990) |
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Nueve Cuentos/Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger ( 1986)
DeDaumier-Smith's Blue Period, Teddy, and A Perfect Day for Bananafish are among the nine works in a collection of Salinger's perceptive and realistic short stories.
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O Vixia No Centeo / The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger ( 2006) |
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Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters, And Seymour An Introduction by J. D. Salinger ( 1991) |
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction by J. D. Salinger ( 2001)
Buddy Glass introduces his older brother and describes the events of Seymour's wedding day.
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El guardian entre el centeno/ The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger ( 2006) |
