For Esmé - with Love and Squalor
And Other Stories
$27.36
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2018
Summary
In honour of the centennial of J. D. Salinger, Penguin reissues all four of his books in beautiful commemorative hardback.
An American soldier has a strange encounter with an orphaned English teenager the night before he leaves for war. A four-year-old boy runs away in a dinghy; a missionary’s child is kidnapped by Chinese bandits. A honeymoon in Florida goes awry with tragic consequences. Including the first stories to feature Salinger’s beloved Glass family characters, this brillian…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241985922 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241985927 |
| Author: | J.D. Salinger |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 138mm x 204mm |
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Critics Review
His work meant a lot to me when I was a young person and his writing still sings.
His work meant a lot to me when I was a young person and his writing still sings. – Dave Eggers
It was a very pure voice he had. There was no one like him – Martin Amis
He was the poet of youthful alienation before youth really knew what that was * Sunday Times *
J.D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger was born in 1919 and died in January 2010. He grew up in New York City and wrote short stories from an early age. His breakthrough came in 1948 with the publication of “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” in The New Yorker.
The Catcher in the Rye, published in 1951, was his first and only novel. It remains one of the most translated, taught, and reprinted texts, and has sold over 65 million copies worldwide.
He went on to write three further, critically acclaimed, best-selling works of fiction:
- Franny and Zooey
- For Esme - With Love And Squalor
- Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour - An Introduction
Salinger continued to write throughout his life and left behind a large body of unpublished work.
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