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 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.” ...

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 ...

Excerpts Here is the opening of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” narrated by Holden Caulfield, a tormented prep-school flunk-out who is headed for mental collapse. If you really ...

WILL “CATCHER IN THE RYE” BE MADE INTO A FILM ... but teenagers from all over identified with the novel’s themes of alienation, innocence and fantasy, not to mention the luck of having ...

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 ...