The Catcher in the Rye
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Journal Entry 2 by Mondstina at BookBox in -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Sachsen Germany on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (12/19/2007 UTC) at BookBox in -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Sachsen Germany
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in die 1000- Bücher- Bookbox gelegt
in die 1000- Bücher- Bookbox gelegt
Book description
Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. It begins,
"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. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them."
His constant wry observations about what he encounters, from teachers to phonies (the two of course are not mutually exclusive) capture the essence of the eternal teenage experience of alienation.
From a review on amazon.de
This book is a brilliant study (probably quasi-autobiographical from what I know of J.D. Salinger's life) of a teenage boy who suffers from severe depression, and barely hangs on through his odyssey from the time he leaves school until he is rescued by his younger sister. There are clear parallels between this book and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, except that she found nothing to anchor her to life. As he travels along, Holden tempts fate on a number of occasions, any one of which could have resulted in his death or serious injury- a vulnerable teenage boy staying in a flophouse of a hotel, engaging a prostitute and taking on her pimp, walking through Central Park after dark, and generally roaming around a usually unforgiving city. His salvation is his sister, who is the only one who can cut through his cynicism, and self-destructiveness. She is truly the "catcher in the rye," standing at the edge of the cliff, guardian and protector, keeping all the children from falling off the edge. In this case, she keeps her brother from the abyss, as he finally agrees to go home, and to not follow his fantasy to go out west, which I think is a metaphor for the great unknown, and probably his own ultimate destruction. Why he honors her so is not entirely clear, but it could be because she is truly pre-egoic; innocent, caring, displaying unconditional love and concern for Holden, and no facade that he can disparage with his cynicism and wit. The "epilogue" final chapter shows Holden acknowledging that he is in some institution, probably as a psychiatric inpatient, who is letting a psychotherapist into his world.
Buch-Details
Taschenbuch: 192 Seiten
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) (1. September 2004)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0140237496
ISBN-13: 978-0140237498
Größe und/oder Gewicht: 11,5 x 1,3 x 18,1 cm
Eines der 1000 Bücher bei mir... Beeindruckend... und bereit, weiter zu reisen...
Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. It begins,
"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. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them."
His constant wry observations about what he encounters, from teachers to phonies (the two of course are not mutually exclusive) capture the essence of the eternal teenage experience of alienation.
From a review on amazon.de
This book is a brilliant study (probably quasi-autobiographical from what I know of J.D. Salinger's life) of a teenage boy who suffers from severe depression, and barely hangs on through his odyssey from the time he leaves school until he is rescued by his younger sister. There are clear parallels between this book and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, except that she found nothing to anchor her to life. As he travels along, Holden tempts fate on a number of occasions, any one of which could have resulted in his death or serious injury- a vulnerable teenage boy staying in a flophouse of a hotel, engaging a prostitute and taking on her pimp, walking through Central Park after dark, and generally roaming around a usually unforgiving city. His salvation is his sister, who is the only one who can cut through his cynicism, and self-destructiveness. She is truly the "catcher in the rye," standing at the edge of the cliff, guardian and protector, keeping all the children from falling off the edge. In this case, she keeps her brother from the abyss, as he finally agrees to go home, and to not follow his fantasy to go out west, which I think is a metaphor for the great unknown, and probably his own ultimate destruction. Why he honors her so is not entirely clear, but it could be because she is truly pre-egoic; innocent, caring, displaying unconditional love and concern for Holden, and no facade that he can disparage with his cynicism and wit. The "epilogue" final chapter shows Holden acknowledging that he is in some institution, probably as a psychiatric inpatient, who is letting a psychotherapist into his world.
Buch-Details
Taschenbuch: 192 Seiten
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) (1. September 2004)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0140237496
ISBN-13: 978-0140237498
Größe und/oder Gewicht: 11,5 x 1,3 x 18,1 cm
Eines der 1000 Bücher bei mir... Beeindruckend... und bereit, weiter zu reisen...
Journal Entry 4 by 
bcz-tuebingen
at Bücherbaum Bebenhausen in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Tuesday, April 21, 2015
bcz-tuebingen at Bücherbaum Bebenhausen in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (4/21/2015 UTC) at Bücherbaum Bebenhausen in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany
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In den Bücherbaum Bebenhausen
Forgot that I have it. I'll make sure it will continue it's journey.
