Passwords are now required on accounts. To create a password, select "Reset my Password" from the Login screen (email address required). For further assistance, please contact the library at 719-395-8700.

The catcher in the rye
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(18)
4 star
 
(1)
3 star
 
(4)
2 star
 
(5)
1 star
 
(2)
Published:
New York : Little, Brown, [1979].
Format:
Book
ISBN:
0316769533, 9780316769532
Physical Desc:
277 pages ; 21 cm
Lexile measure:
790L
Status:
Description

Story of Holden Caulfield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. The hero-narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye" is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty, but almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices--but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle to keep it.

Also in This Series
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Pitkin County Library
FICTION S1654c
On Shelf
Oct 20, 2023
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 4.7, 11 Points
Lexile measure:
790

Notes

Description
Story of Holden Caulfield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. The hero-narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye" is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty, but almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices--but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle to keep it.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Salinger, J. D. 1. (1979). The catcher in the rye. New York, Little, Brown.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Salinger, J. D. 1919-2010. 1979. The Catcher in the Rye. New York, Little, Brown.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Salinger, J. D. 1919-2010, The Catcher in the Rye. New York, Little, Brown, 1979.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Salinger, J. D. 1919-2010. The Catcher in the Rye. New York, Little, Brown, 1979.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
89126af3-d423-9bf0-7296-df9af8c65b23
Go To GroupedWork

Record Information

Last Sierra Extract TimeFeb 19, 2024 07:13:53 PM
Last File Modification TimeFeb 19, 2024 07:14:18 PM
Last Grouped Work Modification TimeMar 28, 2024 10:12:30 AM

MARC Record

LEADER03715cam a2200565Ia 4500
00158794069
003OCoLC
00520180821110501.0
008050404s1979    nyu           000 1 eng d
019 |a 317650368
020 |a 0316769533
020 |a 9780316769532
035 |a (OCoLC)58794069|z (OCoLC)317650368
040 |a MLX|b eng|c MLX|d OCLCQ|d BET|d OCH|d ZIF|d OCLCA|d TNG|d TJT|d MEAUC|d LMR|d OCLCF|d PAU|d OCLCQ|d GL3|d MNG|d XFH|d OCLCO|d OCL|d ALPEL|d OCLCQ|d TXKEP|d HFU
043 |a n-us-ny
049 |a HFUA
050 4|a PS3537.A426|b .C3 1979
08204|a [Fic]
092 |a FICTION|b S1654c
1001 |a Salinger, J. D.|q (Jerome David),|d 1919-2010.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50016589
24514|a The catcher in the rye /|c J.D. Salinger.
264 1|a New York :|b Little, Brown,|c [1979]
264 4|c ©1979
300 |a 277 pages ;|c 21 cm
336 |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent
337 |a unmediated|b n|2 rdamedia
338 |a volume|b nc|2 rdacarrier
520 |a Story of Holden Caulfield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. The hero-narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye" is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty, but almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices--but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle to keep it.
60010|a Caulfield, Holden|c (Fictitious character)|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2022066237|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
650 0|a Runaway teenagers|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110463
650 0|a Teenage boys|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112614
650 7|a Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious character)|2 fast|0 (OCoLC)fst00849815
650 7|a Runaway teenagers.|2 fast|0 (OCoLC)fst01101304
650 7|a Teenage boys.|2 fast|0 (OCoLC)fst01145373
651 0|a New York (N.Y.)|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108377
651 7|a New York (State)|z New York.|2 fast|0 (OCoLC)fst01204333
655 7|a Bildungsromans.|2 fast|0 (OCoLC)fst01726536
655 7|a Fiction.|2 fast|0 (OCoLC)fst01423787
655 7|a Bildungsromans.|2 lcgft|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026243
655 7|a Fiction.|2 lcgft|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339
907 |a .b57962352
948 |a MARCIVE Overnight, in 2023.01
948 |a MARCIVE Comp, 06/2022
948 |a MARCIVE Q3&4 2018
989 |1 .i120136752|b 1130003716127|d pc|g -|m |h 28|x 5|t 0|i 5|j 2|k 180821|n 10-20-2023 21:26|o -|a FICTION S1654c
995 |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2023.01
995 |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2022.06
995 |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2019.01
99500|a Exported from Connexion by Pitkin and loaded with m2btab.b in 2018.08
998 |e -|f eng|a pc