J.D. Salinger dead at 91

[PhilsCafe 8]

Here's the article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/books/01/28/salinger.obit/index.html?hpt=T1

Maybe I don't read much, but I've read "The Catcher in the Rye". It was a great book... too bad that there aren't going to be more books like that from him.

[your_adress_here 11]

May he rest in peace.

[Duke87 1,070]

Huh. I didn't realize he was still alive. 91? Now there's a ripe old age.

[Easy Bakes 253]

The treatment of this novel  after is publication is a perfect example of how the same book can be view so many different ways by the same group of people.

from Wiki

In 1960 a teacher was fired for assigning the novel in class. He was later reinstated.^[24] Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States.^[25] In 1981, it was both the most censored book and the second most taught book in public schools in the United States.^[26] According to the American Library Association, quote>

Mabey now they can make a movie verson.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Originally posted by: PhilsCafe

Maybe I don't read much, but I've read "The Catcher in the Rye". It was a great book... too bad that there aren't going to be more books like that from him.

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Well, maybe you should renew your library card and give the rest of his stuff a go.

[PhilsCafe 8]

Touch

[Easy Bakes 253]

How wierd is it that the only Photos of him are 50 years old?

Now  THATS reclusive.

[ScaryMonkey 0]

Originally posted by: PhilsCafe

Touché. Maybe I should read more of his stuff. What I meant was, I've never heard of his other work, he was very low profile and never had a success like that again. The popularity of "Catcher in the Rye" came from the fact that it was so controversial at the time it was released. It probably isn't even considered an extraordinary piece of literature, although I liked it very much. The narrative perspective is very unique.quote>

Quite to the contrary, the controversy came after it was hugely popular, and "Catcher" is considered one of the great American novels of the Twentieth Century;  His few other works are also highly regarded.  Salinger was a rare example of an artist who actually did what other artists only muse about... he wrote his best work and then stopped.  I'm sorry to hear about his death, he was a great example of how fame doesn't have to destroy a person.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: ScaryMonkey

Originally posted by: PhilsCafe

Touché. Maybe I should read more of his stuff. What I meant was, I've never heard of his other work, he was very low profile and never had a success like that again. The popularity of "Catcher in the Rye" came from the fact that it was so controversial at the time it was released. It probably isn't even considered an extraordinary piece of literature, although I liked it very much. The narrative perspective is very unique.quote>

Quite to the contrary, the controversy came after it was hugely popular, and "Catcher" is considered one of the great American novels of the Twentieth Century;  His few other works are also highly regarded.  Salinger was a rare example of an artist who actually did what other artists only muse about... he wrote his best work and then stopped.  I'm sorry to hear about his death, he was a great example of how fame doesn't have to destroy a person.quote>

Not so sure about that, I guess it depends on what you mean by destroying a person.Some say he kept writng after his last published work in 1961 but none of it was good enough in his own eye's, the drive for perfection can destroy someone. Especialy if you are your own worst critic.

[Barbarossa 51]

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[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Originally posted by: PhilsCafe

Touch

[+Guest whodat]

Funny how they assign us the "controversial ones". So far this year, Huck Finn, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Brave New World. All where controversial when they came out, and now they are considered masterpeices! :F

[chicah 20]

I think it's always sad when someone who has contributed to literature dies, but I honestly think "Catcher In The Rye" is, along with "The Alchymist", the most overrated book in the world. It's short, boring, and doesn't really have a point. It wasn't a complete waste of time, but it didn't give me anything either. And controversial, how? My grandmother read more controversial books than that.

But, it gets boys to read, fine by me. (My parents constantly tell me how worried and saddened they are because teenage boys read much less than teenage girls.)

[Barbarossa 51]

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  Edited September 8, 2012 by Barbarossa