Today is J.D. Salinger’s 100th birthday, but Holden Caulfield is still 17. The iconic teenager of The Catcher in the Rye will forever be a symbol of our youthful alienation. Although a few ...
The Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield has certainly cemented that image into most of our heads, with his cynical self-pitying personality. Whether it is on Goodreads reviews, or on BookTok, ...
J.D. Salinger considered adding his generation’s idea of a trigger alert. “I think there’s going to be a lot of swearing and sexy stuff in this book,” warns narrator Holden Caulfield, in a paragraph ...
On my first trip to New York City over a decade ago, I felt an uncanny need to walk the path of Holden Caulfield, the ...
NEW YORK — One of the book world’s greatest mysteries is finally ending: J.D. Salinger’s son says previously ... predicting five new works. One of the Salinger books would centre on “Catcher” ...