The Catcher in the Rye

作者 J. D. Salinger著
出版社 Hachette
出版时间 2001年1月第1版
ISBN 9780316769174
定价 128.10

内容简介

AnyonewhohasreadJ.D.Salinger'sNewYorkerstories—particularlyAPerfectDayforBananafish,UncleWiggilyinConnecticut,TheLaughingMan,andForEsme—WithLoveandSqualor,willnotbesurprisedbythefactthathisfirstnovelisfullyofchildren.Thehero-narratorofTHECATCHERINTHERYEisanancientchildofsixteen,anativeNewYorkernamedHoldenCaulfield.Throughcircumstancesthattendtoprecludeadult,secondhanddescription,heleaveshisprepschoolinPennsylvaniaandgoesundergroundinNewYorkCityforthreedays.Theboyhimselfisatoncetoosimpleandtoocomplexforustomakeanyfinalcommentabouthimorhisstory.PerhapsthesafestthingwecansayaboutHoldenisthathewasbornintheworldnotjuststronglyattractedtobeautybut,almost,hopelesslyimpaledonit.Therearemanyvoicesinthisnovel:children'svoices,adultvoices,undergroundvoices-butHolden'svoiceisthemosteloquentofall.Transcendinghisownvernacular,yetremainingmarvelouslyfaithfultoit,heissuesaperfectlyarticulatedcryofmixedpainandpleasure.However,likemostloversandclownsandpoetsofthehigherorders,hekeepsmostofthepainto,andfor,himself.Thepleasurehegivesaway,orsetsaside,withallhisheart.Itisthereforthereaderwhocanhandleittokeep.

作者简介

JeromeDavidSalinger,wasborninNewYorkCityonJan.1,1919,andestablishedhisreputationonthebasisofasinglenovel,TheCatcherintheRye(1951),whoseprincipalcharacter,HoldenCaulfield,epitomizedthegrowingpainsofagenerationofhighschoolandcollegestudents.ThepublicattentionthatfollowedthesuccessofthebookledSalingertomovefromNewYorktotheremotehillsofCornish,NewHampshire.Beforethathehadpublishedonlyafewshortstories;oneofthem,"APerfectDayforBananafish,"whichappearedinTheNewYorkerin1949,introducedreaderstoSeymourGlass,acharacterwhosubsequentlyfiguredinFrannyandZooey(1961)andRaiseHightheRoofBeam,CarpenterandSeymour:AnIntroduction(1963),Salinger'sonlyotherpublishedbooks.Ofhis35publishedshortstories,thosewhichSalingerwishestopreservearecollectedinNineStories(1953).

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