I never go anyplace without them,” matching her enthusiasm. For instance, when Sybil declares that she loves eating candles, without missing a beat, Seymour responds, “Who doesn’t?” And when Sybil adds olives to the list of things she loves, he responds, “Olives and wax. Implied to be around four or five years old, Sybil is curious and whimsical, and she brings out an equally playful and talkative side to Seymour. Seymour is horrified by the callousness and materialism among adults at the beach resort where the story takes place, so his only happiness comes from his childlike rapport with a young girl named Sybil. By refusing to depict an innocence unmarred by violence, Salinger suggests that violence is an integral part of human nature, even for the very young. For one, the story’s children are not entirely innocent (they themselves can be violent and manipulative), and-more importantly-Seymour’s desire to connect with them is somewhat predatory, so his quest for innocence itself corrupts the children. However, no matter how much Seymour plays with children, he cannot return to his prewar state. Having just returned from the trauma and violence of World War II, Seymour seems to want to access his prewar innocence through playing with children, reveling in their playfulness, imagination, and naivety. Karp and Jofie Ferrari-Adler, a senior editor, had been pursuing the Salinger book for several years and acquired it before other publishers could read it.In “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” innocence and violence often go hand and hand.
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Salerno, was acquired by the PBS series “American Masters” and will be broadcast as the 200th episode of that program. Our book offers a complete revaluation and reinterpretation of the work and the life.”Ī documentary film about Salinger, directed by Mr. We replace the myth of Salinger with an extraordinarily complex, deeply contradictory human being. Salinger is one of someone too pure to publish, too sensitive
Salerno, a screenwriter (“Savages”), said in a statement: “The myth that people have read about and believed for 60 years about J.D. He had not given an interview in some 30 years. Having sought to maintain privacy for most of his life, he was a largely unknown figure to his readers. Salinger, whose other books include “Franny and Zooey” and “Nine Stories” (containing short stories like “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”), died in 2010. ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ have, at some point in our lives, wished we could know the author better. Karp said in a statement: “We are honored to be the publisher of what we believe will be the foundational book on one of the most beloved and most puzzling figures of the 20th century. Salerno had been working on the project for eight years, conducting interviews with more than 150 people who worked with and knew Salinger or were influenced by his work.
Salinger” and is planned for publication in September.
The book, which Simon & Schuster described in a news release as “an oral biography,” is titled “The Private War of J.D. Written by David Shields and Shane Salerno and released by Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Karp, the publisher, said on Tuesday. Salinger, one of the most reclusive authors of the modern era, will be the subject of a new biography Salinger, and the cover of his novel "The Catcher in the Rye." Credit Lotte Jacobi (left)
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