The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal ...
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The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventional terms, there is hardly any plot at all). Salinger's style creates an effect of conversation, it is as though Holden is speaking to you personally, as though you too have seen through the pretences of the American Dream and are growing up unable to see the point of living in, or contributing to, the society around you. Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood, it deals with society, love, loss, and expectations without ever falling into the clutch of a cliche.
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Seller's Description:
Good. First paperback edition. Owner name on first page, spine unglued from text block with two leaves loose and laid in, 1¼" loss at the foot of the spine, small tear on one leaf, about good only.
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Poor in Good jacket. 2nd impression. the jacket is a colour photocopy of a first edition jacket. the boards of the book and very worn. there are small tears and the spine is faded. the book is foxed particularly on the early and later pages. there is a previous owner's stamp mark and inscription. the book is also somewhat cocked. the binding is excellent.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. This novel was among the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 as chosen by Time, and named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the United States for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and teenage angst. This is the true trade edition (stated 8th impression two only months after the first) and not a book club or later variant. It is a very good clean original black hardcover, no marks, writing and no bookplates with bright gilt lettering on spine. Very clean throughout it's 277 pages and very similiar to the first printed 60 days earlier costing thousands more!
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Stated August trade impression fine clean hardcover(one month after first printing) in original black boards and gilt lettering, 277 pages. Not a book club, etc. Clean interrior and a better looking hardcover than is what usually found. A very nice alternative to the much more expensive first printing only one month earlier costing thousands more!
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Good in Good jacket. The boards are worn, sunned and marked. the spine has several small tears that have been carefully repaired. there is a previous owner's signature. the binding is now strong and square. comes with a very attractive colour photocopy of the original first edition jacket.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. RARE ORIGINAL august PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION. THIS IS A very good CLEAN UNMARKED TIGHT CONDITION 277 PAGE HARDCOVER. (NOT A BOOK CLUB OR LATER PRINTING, ETC). THIS IS A STATED august PRINTING(same as first printing)! NO NAMES, LABELS, etc. COVER AND SPINE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE. A TRUE TRADE PRINTING THE SAME MONTH AS THE FIRST COSTING THOUSANDS LESS. THIS IS AN UNIQUE PIECE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 277 p. Audience: General/trade. this is the original year july printing(5th) only one month after the first printing. In good clean condition with solid binding and original jacket with $3.00 price and Salinger's picture on the back. The same book and jacket as the very expensive first printed published one month earlier!
Description of conditions are not the same for the item we received. The book has writing marks on each page.
mickey
Mar 14, 2016
WONDERFUL CLASSIC
This was a very entertaining book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Betsaida P
Oct 28, 2014
Pebalon
Excelente servicio. Buen servicio, prontitud y garantía. Lo recomiendo.
Anthony M
May 1, 2014
Not what I expected!
I never read this "classic" in high school and now that I'm in my sixties I'm trying to catch up on some of the reading I should have done had I chosen to be a better student. Boy was I disappointed! Page after page, I kept expecting the nugget of wisdom to appear, but it never did. Instead, I found it to be nothing more than the trivial ramblings of a confused kid, Perhaps a more youthful reader would have better understood the author's style and found it to be the "profound" work so many have said it is over the years. As far as I'm concerned, it stunk!
Joanna W
Apr 4, 2014
My favorite cover of this book! i love it. I have read this book so many times and it never gets old. Hopefully everyone enjoys it as much as I do
