by J. D. Salinger · Perfection Learning · tapa dura · ISBN 9780812415285
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«The Catcher in the Rye» is J. D. Salinger's novel, published by Perfection Learning in hardcover (214 pages, in English).
Holden Caulfield, a teenager expelled from his boarding school, narrates a few days in which he wanders around New York and confronts an adult world he considers false. Holden's voice, halfway between cynicism and sensitivity, portrays alienation, loss of innocence, and the difficulty of finding a place of one's own.
Originally published in 1951.
Suitable for young people and adults who want to approach an American classic about adolescence.
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.
