The first line of J.D. Salinger's novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' reflects the themes of isolation and alienation that pervade the story. The line also hints at the theme of loss and loneliness ...

"Rebel in the Rye" explores J.D. Salinger's career and meditation practice. — -- J.D. Salinger’s controversial novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” is considered by many to be an American ...

The iconic teenager of “The Catcher in the Rye” is forever suspended in the amber of our youthful alienation. Although a few pious schools continue to ban Salinger’s only published novel ...

The Catcher in the Rye, eventually published in 1951 after ... Hodkinson concludes: “Whilst his protagonist is American and his themes are universal, it was very much made in England.” ...

Between high school and college I read The Catcher in the Rye five times. This was unusual for me. I don’t typically read a book more than once. There are just too many good books that I haven ...

Touching a nerve in readers and critics alike, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger’s first novel, was “a very revolutionary book for the America of the early 1950’s,” according to ...

An inscribed copy of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is a rare commodity among antiquarian book collectors. But those hunting for a signed copy of the 1951 classic can rejoice ...