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  • 當你不曾迷惘過，或許你對這本書不會有共鳴，有時候就只是被一股沒 來由的低潮襲擊，說不出為什麼，你就是感到累，只想逃離這世界，而 天地如此之大，竟沒人懂你，讓你更加失落。
    有時候，就是找不到方向，沒辦法像機器一樣，悠然地行走在軌道上， 於是你停下腳步，但世界沒等你，猛然間，一切都不一樣了，依舊是同 一個世界，但你已不是從前的自己，而失落仍如影隨形。
    厭惡這虛偽的世界，但又逃脫不了，Holden的掙扎，我正在經歷 ，狼狽卻又極力遮掩，這種倉皇的姿態，說是青春獨有，我苦笑，只能 更加鑽入Holden的故事裡，想像著站在麥田中，竭力地攔住一個 又一個孩子，不讓他們墜落懸崖的感覺，一 ... Continue

    當你不曾迷惘過，或許你對這本書不會有共鳴，有時候就只是被一股 沒來由的低潮襲擊，說不出為什麼，你就是感到累，只想逃離這世界 ，而天地如此之大，竟沒人懂你，讓你更加失落。
    有時候，就是找不到方向，沒辦法像機器一樣，悠然地行走在軌道上 ，於是你停下腳步，但世界沒等你，猛然間，一切都不一樣了，依舊 是同一個世界，但你已不是從前的自己，而失落仍如影隨形。
    厭惡這虛偽的世界，但又逃脫不了，Holden的掙扎，我正在經 歷，狼狽卻又極力遮掩，這種倉皇的姿態，說是青春獨有，我苦笑， 只能更加鑽入Holden的故事裡，想像著站在麥田中，竭力地攔 住一個又一個孩子，不讓他們墜落懸崖的感覺，一如要挽回我一點一 滴流逝的純真。或許這是忍受這世界唯一的方法，為了再次見到純然 的，不具任何雜質的靈魂擦撞出來的火花，才甘心忍受。徬徨仍在， 但路還是要走，而結局如何，以及怎麼走---我也不知道。

    

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  • Masterpiece

  • The story is simple but strongly engaging - it's about the brief adventure of a cynical youngster, Holden Caulfield, who hated "phony" stuff. He may not seem to be very likeable, but as you read the story you can clearly feel his pain, loneliness and disillusion in this world of phoniess and hypocri ... Continue

    The story is simple but strongly engaging - it's about the brief adventure of a cynical youngster, Holden Caulfield, who hated "phony" stuff. He may not seem to be very likeable, but as you read the story you can clearly feel his pain, loneliness and disillusion in this world of phoniess and hypocrisy. At certain points I wondered: is he rotten, or is the world rotten? Or both? Is he or the world insane? A very thought-provoking book indeed.

    

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  • Confusion saves the day. I really mean it.

  • When I was reading Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, I searched quite casually online and found out that it is often "studied" together with William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye".

    I first heard of this book in McCourt's Teacher Man, when ... Continue

    When I was reading Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, I searched quite casually online and found out that it is often "studied" together with William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye".

    I first heard of this book in McCourt's Teacher Man, when he recalled his troubles with the Principal after recommending this book to his students for an easy read, just to get them started in reading something. I was mostly curious, and I didn't expect much from an easy read, indeed.

    The fact is, while I continued to read it as fast as the mood carried me, I wasn't crazy about it at all before I reached the "80-percentile". Holden was just wandering and complaining all the time.

    He was still complaining in the last 20%. But I love it. I love it when the author tries to do it with good intentions, and with some elegance. That's all I'd talk about this novel.

    You know, I feel like Holden myself these days. How couldn't I love it?

    Salinger is very skillful and all, having successfully used such a monotonic voice to draw readers' attention. Damn, was I silly. But I did like it in the end.

    

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  • Noioso come la versione in italiano precedentemente letta.

    

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  • Love it! Excellent book!

    

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  • Whe a body catches a body...

  • Quello che in Italia è stato tradotto come "Il giovane Holden" è un ragazzo complicato, fragile, che si perde nei suoi pensieri e discorsi e si ripete puntualmente. Fuma, si caccia nei guai, beve, fuma, parla parla parla, tira in ballo tante persone: compagni di scuola, professori, famigliari, ragaz ... Continue

    Quello che in Italia è stato tradotto come "Il giovane Holden" è un ragazzo complicato, fragile, che si perde nei suoi pensieri e discorsi e si ripete puntualmente. Fuma, si caccia nei guai, beve, fuma, parla parla parla, tira in ballo tante persone: compagni di scuola, professori, famigliari, ragazze che lo attraggono, con cui ha flirtato... fuma, parla parla parla, fuma ancora, è poi si fa amare, nonostante sia problematico.

    Salinger ha dato prova di grande sensibilità scrivendo questo romanzo, sapendosi perfettamente calare nei panni di un giovane come Holden.
    Voto massimo per storia, piglio narrativo scaltro e fluente e per ironia :)

    

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• ― Claudia (erodiade) said on Nov 2, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

The classic 1951 novel by J.D. Salinger is analyzed.

The title, J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on J.D. Salinger, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

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