"After leaving graduate school to pursue her dream of becoming a writer, Joanna gets hired as an assistant to Margaret, the stoic and old-fashioned literary agent of J. D. Salinger. Fluctuating between poverty and glamour, she spends her days in a plush, wood-paneled office ... and her nights in a Brooklyn apartment with her socialist boyfriend. Joanna's main task is processing Salinger's voluminous fan mail, but as she reads the heart-wrenching letters...

J. D. Salinger, mysterious author of The Catcher in the Rye, is remembered today as a reclusive misanthrope. Jerome Charyn's Salinger is a young American World War II draftee assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps, a band of secret soldiers who trained with the British. A rifleman and an interrogator, he witnessed all the horrors of the war-from the landing on D-Day to the relentless hand-to-hand combat in the hedgerows of Normandy, to the Battle...

J.D. Salinger was one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was also one of its most elusive. After making his mark on the American literary scene, Salinger retreated to a small town in New Hampshire where he hoped to hide his life away from the world. With dogged determination, however, journalist and biographer Paul Alexander captured Salinger's story in this, the only complete biography of Holden Caulfield's creator published to date....

Volumen que agrupa las recientes incursiones en el género cuentístico de uno de los más prestigiosos narradores hispnoamericanos de la actualidad, el venezolano Méndez Guédez. Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez (Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1967), es autor de los libros de cuentos Historias del edificio (1994), La ciudad de arena (1999) y Tan nítido en el recuerdo (2001) con el que obtuvo el Premio Ateneo de La Laguna. Su novela El libro de Esther (1999)...

One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J.D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now comes a new biography. Filled with new information and revelations, garnered from countless interviews, letters, and public records, this work presents his extraordinary life that spanned nearly the entire twentieth century. The author explores Salinger's privileged youth, long obscured by misrepresentation...

Testez vos connaissances sur L'Attrape-coeurs de Jerome David Salinger! Ce questionnaire de lecture sur L'Attrape-coeurs de Jerome David Salinger vous aidera à : • vérifier votre compréhension du roman • faire des liens entre la réalité et la fiction • approfondir votre analyse de l'œuvre Cette ressource comprend un questionnaire de lecture et un corrigé complet et détaillé. À propos de la collection LePetitLittéraire.fr : Plébiscité...

A Study Guide for J. D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, regarded by The New York Times as one of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923. As a 1951 coming-of-age novel, The Catcher in the Rye tells of the crises of a youthful teenage protagonist, Holden Caulfield. Moreover, Salinger's work is, filled with rebellion and angst, which can be, seen through themes such as the...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis L'Attrape-Cœurs, unique roman de l'écrivain américain Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010), est un livre maudit. Lorsqu'il parut en 1951, il fut banni des bibliothèques, exclu des programmes d'étude. Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur L'Attrape-Cœurs de Jérme David Salinger Chaque fiche de lecture présente une œuvre clé de la...