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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; Seymour - an Introduction by J.D. Salinger
Category: Classic Fiction
A Note from the Author- The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker - RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS in 1955, SEYMOUR - An Introduction in 1959. Whatever their differences in mood or effect, they are both very much concerned with Seymour Glass, who is the main character ...Show more
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters: Seymour, an Introduction by J.D. Salinger
Category: Short Stories
Contains two stories, focusing on the life of Seymour, the eldest Glass brother and exploring the brothers' quest for enlightenment.
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour by J. D. Salinger
Category: Classic Fiction
"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" and "Seymour" are now reissued in a trade paper edition.
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour - An Introduction by J. D. Salinger
Category: Fiction
In honour of the centennial of the birth of J. D. Salinger in 1919, Penguin reissues all four of his books in beautiful commemorative hardback editions - with artwork and text based on the very first Salinger editions published in the 1950s and 1960s. 'The two long pieces in this book originally came ou ...Show more
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour - An Introduction by J. D. Salinger
Category: Classic
A haunting and deeply personal portrait of family tragedy from the much-loved author of The Catcher in the Rye Buddy Glass is the second-eldest son in the eccentric and enchanting Glass family. He is on leave from the army during World War II, attending the wedding of his eldest brother, Seymour. But th ...Show more
The 40s - The Story of a Decade - The New Yorker by New Yorker Magazine Editors; David Remnick (Introduction by); J. D. Salinger (Contribution by); Zadie Smith (Contribution by); E. B. White (Contribution by); W. H. Auden (Contribution by); Elizabeth Bishop (Contribution by); Henry Finder (Editor)
Category: REM Cultural Studies | Series: New Yorker: the Story of a Decade Ser.
Including contributions by W. H. Auden - Elizabeth Bishop - John Cheever - Janet Flanner - John Hersey - Langston Hughes - Shirley Jackson - A. J. Liebling - William Maxwell - Carson McCullers - Joseph Mitchell - Vladimir Nabokov - Ogden Nash - John O'Hara - George Orwell - V. S. Pritchett - Lillian Ros ...Show more
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D Salinger
Category: Fiction
J.D. Salinger's classic of adolescent angst is now available for the first time in trade paperback. Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there. First published 1951.
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Category: Classics
It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters - shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by p ...Show more
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: JDS
Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories, particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme--With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE ...Show more
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Category: Fiction
"The Catcher in the Rye" is J . D. Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth. Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'ph ...Show more
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Category: Fiction
It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters - shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by p ...Show more
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Category: Classic Fiction
It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters - shooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by p ...Show more