The Catcher in the Rye
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The Catcher in the Rye
Johansson first encountered the novel's Holden Caulfield as a preteen. "There was a searching quality about him that affected me," she says.
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Which Fictional Character Would You Love to Meet?
… sweet after years of marriage?" — Yvonne Murphy Newmarket, Ontario "Holden Caulfield. When I first read The Catcher in the Rye , I was shy and kept my feelings to myself, so I wanted to be more like Holden—up-front about how I felt …
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Top 9 New York City Stories
… things, including saving the world from global warming. With a surprising lilt in the narrative, John Wray pays homage to Catcher in the Rye without missing a step in his own story. Read the review One Fifth Avenue By Candace Bushnell If One Fifth Avenue teaches …
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Printable List: 34 Classics That Made a Difference
… Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion Persuasion by Jane Austen The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger Light in August by William Faulkner As I Lay Dying by …
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I've Been Meaning to Read...
… ve been meaning to read in the comments below. " The Catcher in the Rye . What is wrong with me? I don't know, but the ..... Three Weissmanns of Westport and The New Yorkers Why The Catcher in the Rye made a difference to Gwyneth Paltrow Famous writers …
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Q&A With Jeffery Eugenides
… Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath . The section about adolescent confusion was written in the style of [J.D.] Salinger's Catcher in the Rye , and the ending of the novel was written in the magical realism style with the father's fantasies as he was about to …
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Kate Beckinsale's Bookshelf
… on the media and hypocrisy, this novel has the most wonderfully alienated narrator since Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye . The author is absolutely fluent in the voice of a teenage boy, one accused of being an accessory to a high …
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I Know This Much Is True
… upcoming on his schedule. Favorite Books So many books have altered my life in significant ways. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye was a life raft bobbing on the choppy waters of my adolescence. In college, The Great Gatsby changed me from …
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Back Roads
… Flannery O'Connor, are the authors who have had the most impact on what I try to bring to my own writing. The Catcher in the Rye , The Day of the Locust, The Dubliners, and A Good Man is Hard to Find are novels and short story collections …
