It was about a week before I was supposed to leave home for college. My aunt had bought me a copy of that & a copy of David Copperfield, neither of which I had ever picked up. She said something about those two books being very important for a kid like me. I still havent read Copperfield all the way through. Dickens is too English for my taste. But on a whim, that night I opened up Catcher. I read it till morning. It’s cliché & corny, but I hadn’t experienced the feeling of encountering some sort of soul mate in a book until reading that book (and wouldn’t again until I got in to Kafka). I still love JD Salinger to this day. I just made my way through Franny & Zooey actually. Adored it
Nov 28, 2024
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I think the works of J.D. Salinger (mainly The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey) are incredible and should be read by everyone for their unique writing and exploration of human nature!! 🙏
The Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books ever and I love it so much ❤
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the perfect excuse to rec one of my all time favourites, franny and zooey by jd salinger 🤍 one of those books that’s super well known and still managed to have a very personal impact on me
Apr 16, 2024
A short one that found me just over 2 years ago now and I think of often. The conversations between characters is what I appreciated the most. When I think of it, I remember it more as a film because of how clearly I could see it all unfolding. Like I was there in each room, not just an observer.
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sometimes you just need to read some real shit straight from the realest person you know .
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