tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post6788073780635831997..comments2024-03-29T03:03:58.264+05:30Comments on KRG – The Kochi Reading Group: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerKRG Convenorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767522484671572164noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-88702218618500095652019-10-19T19:20:07.936+05:302019-10-19T19:20:07.936+05:30‘My father was writing for 50 years without publis...‘My father was writing for 50 years without publishing. That’s a lot of material’ - Matt Salinger, his son, confirms there are unpublished works to come<br />https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/01/matt-salinger-jd-the-catcher-in-the-rye<br /><br />There's a new exhibit at the New York Public Library offering a glimpse into the novelist’s creative process and private life:<br />https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/books/jd-salinger-ny-public-library-exhibit.html<br />KRG Convenorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767522484671572164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-53840283667726479452019-08-11T22:37:17.679+05:302019-08-11T22:37:17.679+05:30J.D. Salinger’s works were not available in digita...J.D. Salinger’s works were not available in digital format until now. His son, Matt Salinger, jealous guardian of his father’s legacy and privacy, has at last given in to the inevitability of e-books. He noted that ‘many young people overseas read exclusively on phones and digital devices, and that e-books were the only way to get his father’s writing in front of them.’ Little, Brown is publishing digital editions of his four books in Aug 2019, making him perhaps the last 20th-century literary icon to surrender to the digital revolution. Besides some of his still unpublished stories will be out soon according to this article in the NYTimes:<br />https://kochiread.blogspot.com/2009/06/catcher-in-rye-by-jd-salinger.html<br />KRG Convenorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767522484671572164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314153999433039559.post-57537465473892685062019-08-04T16:52:02.269+05:302019-08-04T16:52:02.269+05:30Why are modern young readers being turned off by T...Why are modern young readers being turned off by TCITR, is the question considered by critic and writer, Dana Czapnik in this article:<br />https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/01/the-catcher-in-the-rye-fans-jd-salinger-holden-caulfield<br /><br />“Catcher is not only no longer beloved, it has become something even more tragic: uncool,” says the author. e continues, “broad shifts within culture have rendered Holden’s malaise annoying instead of resonant.” Holden’s melancholia, he says, “feels positively quaint in comparison to the problems kids face today.”<br />His advice is to read the novel as early as possible in one's life.KRG Convenorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767522484671572164noreply@blogger.com