J. D. Salinger, the author of the ingenious novel “Over the Rye abyss,” was more than half a century one of the most mysterious figures of world literature. All attempts to find out the true reason for his disappearance from public life at the zenith of glory suffered failures.
As a result of a ten -year investigation, which took three years after the death of Salinger himself, David Shields and Shane Salerno meticulously traced not only the life path of the writer, but also his internal, spiritual path.
Trying to unravel the secret of Salinger, they spent more than $ 1, spent more than 200 interviews with people on five continents, studied the diaries, testimonies given in the courts, and documents from private archives, obtained the rarest, previously never published photos.
The sincerity and depth of penetration into the personality of Salinger allowed Shields and Salerno to accurately and fully convey the personal views of geniuses on love, literature, glory, religion, war and death.
This book is, in fact, a self -portrait of a writer who …
Author
Shields David, Salerno Shein
Editor
Soloviev A.
Translator
Kalinin A.A.
Publisher
Eksmo, 2015
Series
The biography of the great man
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