by J. D. Salinger · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241950425
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«The Catcher in the Rye» is the novel by J. D. Salinger, published by Penguin Books in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Holden Caulfield, a teenager expelled from his prep school, wanders through New York before returning home. His cynical, disillusioned gaze portrays the hypocrisy of the adult world, alienation, and the loss of innocence, in a first-person narrative with a confessional tone.
Originally published in 1951, it is J. D. Salinger's first and only novel.
For readers seeking classics of young adult literature and coming-of-age stories.
Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" appeared in The New Yorker, which published much of his later work.
