In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City[...]

A young and ambitious writer named Jerome David Salinger set his goals very high very early in his career. He almost desperately wished to publish his early stories in The New Yorker magazine, the pinnacle, he felt, of America's literary world. But such was not to be for several long years and the l[...]

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Salinger wrote a letter to Esquire in 1945: "e;The men who have been in this war deserve some sort of trembling melody rendered without embarrassment or regret,"e; (Esquire). In 1951, Salinger delivered just that. The Catcher in the Rye is not a war novel, but a riveting amalgam of the disil[...]

J.D. Salinger gehört zu den großen amerikanischen Erzählern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Berühmt machte ihn nicht nur der Roman ?Fänger im Roggen?, unsterblich wurden auch die Erzählungen über die New Yorker Familie Glass, über Franny und Zooey und ihre Geschwister.[...]

Jeg-fortelleren, den 17-årige Holden Caulfield, forteller om tre dager da han er i New York etter å ha stukket av fra en kostskole. Han føler at han er i ferd med å miste sin identitet, men søker å gjenfinne den ved å beskytte sin 10-årige søster mot den korrupte verden. Holden forteller si[...]

Romanklassikeren Forbandede ungdom i nyoversættelse af Klaus Rifbjerg. Den nye titel skyldes, at forfatteren har ønsket at oversættelsen er så tæt på det originale forlæg som muligt.

Holden Caulfield bliver (endnu en gang) smidt ud af skolen et par dage før jul, og[...]

Franny och Zooey av J D Salinger i nyöversättning av Andreas Vesterlund.

"Fantastiskt häftig att läsa! Lysande översättning!"

C-G Karlsson, Go'kväll[...]