BiographyType: Short story writer, Novelist Born: January 01, 1919 Died: January 27, 2010 Jerome David Salinger was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye", as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980. Raised in Manhattan, Salinger began writing short stories while in secondary school, and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1948 he published the critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in The New Yorker magazine, which became home to much of his subsequent work. In 1951 Salinger released his novel "The Catcher in the Rye", an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel remains widely read and controversial, selling around 250,000 copies a year. |
I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they’re always being perverty when I’m around.
John Keats / John Keats / John / Please put your scarf on.
You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
She gave me a pain in the ass, but she was very good looking.
But I was afraid of the questions (much more than the accusations) you might both put to me.
God, how I still love private readers. It’s what we all used to be.
While the consequences are often quite hellish, I am absolutely and perhaps permanently against ignoring books recommended from the heart by very nice people and strangers; it is too risky and inhuman; also the consequences are often painful in a fairly charming way.
Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to rules.
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