Classics
Literary
Young adult
1945
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Published in Spanish as El guardián entre el centeno
The first of J. D. Salinger's four books to be published, The Catcher in the Rye is one of the most widely read and beloved of all contemporary American novels.
What it is
A narrator who doesn't tell you the truth · melancholic and unhurried
What happens in it
Unreliable narrator
How it feels
Reading sheet
How it's told
- Who tells it
- First person
- Pulls you in with
- Its characters
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you enjoy not trusting who's telling it
- you read for the characters
- you like dry, sideways humour
Maybe not if…
- you read in bed right before sleeping
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