Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salingers berømte bog ”Catcher in the Rye” er en af det 20. århundredes mest populære og højest elskede romaner. Romanen følger 17-årige Holden Caulfield, der endnu engang er blevet smidt ud af en fin kostskole og forståeligt nok frygter sine forældres reaktion på det. Holden ønsker for enhver skyld ikke at være til stede, når de modtager brevet fra skolen, så han drager afsted til New York for at gemme sig et par dage. Med ”Catcher in the Rye” indfanger J.D. Salinger på engagerende vis følelsen af at være teenager, målløs og fremmedgjort i en verden fuld af forventninger til én. Derfor har bogen gennem tiden fået sig lidt en kultstatus, da den gang på gang har vist sig at være evigt relevant for unge læsere verden over.

J.D. Salingers berømte bog ”Catcher in the Rye” er en af det 20. århundredes mest populære og højest elskede romaner. Romanen følger 17-årige Holden Caulfield, der endnu engang er blevet smidt ud af en fin kostskole og forståeligt nok frygter sine forældres reaktion på det. Holden ønsker for enhver skyld ikke at være til stede, når de modtager brevet fra skolen, så han drager afsted til New York for at gemme sig et par dage. Med ”Catcher in the Rye” indfanger J.D. Salinger på engagerende vis følelsen af at være teenager, målløs og fremmedgjort i en verden fuld af forventninger til én. Derfor har bogen gennem tiden fået sig lidt en kultstatus, da den gang på gang har vist sig at være evigt relevant for unge læsere verden over.

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.

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.