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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. Kenneth Slawenski explores Salinger's privileged youth, long obscured by misrepresentation and rumor, revealing the brilliant, sarcastic, vulnerable son of a disapproving father and doting mother and his entrance into a social world where Gloria Vanderbilt dismissively referred to him as "a Jewish boy from New York." Here too are accounts of Salinger's first broken heart (Eugene O'Neill's daughter, Oona, left him for the much older Charlie Chaplin) and the devastating World War II service of which he never spoke and which haunted him forever. This work features all the dazzle of his early writing successes, his dramatic encounters with luminaries from Ernest Hemingway to Truman Capote to Elia Kazan, his surprising office intrigues with famous New Yorker editors and writers, and the stunning triumph of The Catcher in the Rye, which would both make him world famous and hasten his retreat into the hills of New Hampshire. Whether it's revealing the facts of his hasty, short-lived first marriage or his lifelong commitment to Eastern religion, which would dictate his attitudes toward sex, nutrition, solitude, and creativity, J. D. Salinger is this unique author's unforgettable story in full -- one that no lover of literature can afford to miss. - Publisher.
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Amerikanska forfattare, Biografi, American Authors, Biography, American authors, Authors, american, Authors, biography, Salinger, j. d. (jerome david), 1919-2010, New York Times reviewed, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Literary, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Écrivains américains, BiographiesShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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J.D. Salinger: Una vida oculta
Dec 01, 2010, Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L.
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8481098876 9788481098877
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