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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Back Bay Books Catalog: Book Release date: 2001-01-30 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 288 Ean: 9780316769174 Book Isbn: 0316769177  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on November 29, 2008 Summary: Rife with symbolism, foreshadowing and irony; couldn't wait to see how it ended This is the first 300-page book I've ever read in one sitting -- and I'm not a big novel reader. I just couldn't wait to see how it ended. There is so much symbolism in the book, you almost need an algorithm to keep track of it. So, why is this an American classic? Do you other reviewers even need to ask? This is literature at its finest. The writing is excellent -- try to remember that books were not written in this conversational tone in 1951. The genius of this book is that the author is talking directly to the reader through Holden Caulfield! YOU are the psychoanalyst! This is what most people (and reviewers) overlook about this novel. The burden is on the reader to (gradually) figure out the protagonist's pathology -- just like a real psychologist would. Other reasons this is an American classic: the masterful use of foreshadowing, irony and symbolism. I won't ruin it for you if you haven't read it, but go get it and read it. Buy it on a Friday, though, since you probably won't be able to put it down until you finish it. Written on November 26, 2008 Summary: beautiful and eye opening I read this book in summer school, probably when i myself was holdens age in the book. Its about a repressed " trustfund kid", who has a bitter cynical view of his friends and everything i guess he should like. But there are a set of events that change things, and open i think from my opinion anyhow holdens feelings. I think its an exceptionally great book, with important life lessons. And show you that sometimes these crappy things you feel that consume your life, really arent so big and looming compare4d to others things. And if you dont let them continue to be...i recommend it. I think its great Written on November 17, 2008 Summary: If You Really Want to Hear About It... First off, I don't understand why there's so much hate around this novel. I'd say it's one of the best pieces of American literature I have ever read. The reader's brief journey through Holden's transition from the innocent over to the "perverted" adult world. From Holden's encounter with the water-spitting perverts to Holden's date with Sally in New York, the Catcher in the Rye is a great example of what the teenage years are like. This excellent novel is one that I truly related to, being a teenager experiencing some of the same feelings that Holden feels. While I don't know what it feels like to lose a loved one like Holden does, I understand how he feels about sexuality and that struggle to maintain what is innocent in the world, and I even could experience some of what it would feel like to lose a loved one through Holden's touching rhetoric in the novel. Some people might be offended by Holden's swearing, but I believe it helps us see more eye-to-eye to Holden. If the novel was written in a more articulate manner, the theme of the struggle for communication would be harder to convey. Furthermore, we relate more with him and feel like he is one of us. In several points of the novel, I felt myself laughing when funny parts happened and crying when sad parts occurred. The Catcher in the Rye is a touching novel that every teenager should read in order to preserve his character, something Holden would be very proud of. Evan P.S. I'm "Holden" on to my past as well...I think I belong in a mental instution and need to be psychoanalyzed. I came to that realization after reading this novel haha =] Written on November 12, 2008 Summary: Disillusion The Catcher in the Rye / 0-316-76948-7 There's not much to be said about Salinger's classic that hasn't already been said. The intense pain and longing of adolescence is tangible here - along with the impossible, conflicting desires that rage through these troubled years. Like any other boy his age, Holden longs for immediately available sex, but he cannot reconcile this longing with his emotional need for love and intimacy. Like so many of his peers, Holden yearns for adulthood and maturity and independence yet feels the pangs of sadness that come with the loss of innocence. He knows, instinctively, that his own innocence is already lost, but wishes, somehow, to slow the loss of innocence for those he loves - those people in his life whom he deems (as the highest compliment an adolescent can give) to be not phony. Written on November 11, 2008 Summary: review my wife and mom have read it, i'm next. they liked it, except for all the curse wods |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2001-01-30 | 1999-09-30 | 1988-10-11 | 2002-01-03 | 1996-09-04 | 1999-10-01 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 288 | 180 | 281 | 112 | 464 | 192 |
| Ean | 9780316769174 | 9780743273565 | 9780446310789 | 9780142000670 | 9780684833392 | 9780140283334 |
| Book Isbn | 0316769177 | 0743273567 | 0446310786 | 0142000671 | 0684833395 | 0140283331 |
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