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Current Read: Salinger by David Shields and Shane Salerno
This is where – if you are the kind of person that thinks that books should be read with their authors in mind – it becomes relevant that JD Salinger saw more combat during World War II than almost any other American. The ‘Great American War Novels’ of that generation (Catch 22, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Naked and The Dead) were all written by men who saw far less of war’s horror than JD Salinger did. He was on Utah Beach on D-Day, at the Battle of the Bulge and he was one of the first Americans to enter a liberated concentration camp. And yet, Salinger returned home and wrote, not about war but, about Holden Caulfield bumming around New York City. So, you can say that the stakes aren’t high in this novel, but as Salinger well knew, the cruel and phony world of adults doesn’t just treat people like Holden Caulfield poorly, it kills them.
John Green, Crash Course (Literature)
(Relevant given the widening release of the documentary SALINGER)
Happy Book Birthday to SALINGER!
Based on eight years of exhaustive research and exclusive interviews with more than 200 people, SALINGER is the definitive biography of one of the most beloved and mysterious figures of the twentieth century.
Don't forget to watch the accompanying documentary (out Sept. 13 in Canada).
Watch the trailer.
A documentary and book on the reclusive author say that he instructed his estate to publish at least five more books beginning as soon as 2015.
Best. News. Ever.
Read the book publishing in coordination with the documentary!
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Without further ado: the trailer for the documentary Salinger.
To be published in conjunction of the documentary, The Private War of J.D. Salinger is the definitive biography of one of the most beloved and mysterious figures of the twentieth century.