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J.D. Salinger has died (1919-2010)
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RIP
Cant remember what year i read that book
Cant remember what year i read that book
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R.I.P. Catcher In The Rye is my favorite book I read in high school and one of my favorite books of all time
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No joke. Sad to say but the next in line is Dennis Hopper. Dude is onhis death bed from cancer and he is still trying to divorce his 4thwife.
Jack Bauer already killed him in Season 1 of 24. Whaddaya mean?
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Howard Zinn died yesterday. Surprised I didn't see a post for that. I never read Catcher in the Rye. What makes it so great?
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Bingo
I immediately thought of this when I read about J.D. Salinger. I wonder if his daughter will publish his maunscripts. He supposedly has tons of writings that he's been doing for year, but never wanted published.
He supposedly had this filling system where if it was marked in red then he wanted it published "as is" and blue, meaning publish but first edit. Hope they release them.
I secretly want to be like this. Drop a huge book or two then move off to a villa in Sicily and grow my beard real long, sitting in front of a typewriter, or plowing a basil field.
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R.I.P
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I think that's what he was getting at. As we get older, a lot of figures from the generations before us continue to pass, not a mystery to anyone but it often seems surreal.Originally Posted by Big J 33
You're kidding right? The man was 91 years old, this wasn't anything sudden.Originally Posted by triple5sole
everyone is dying
Like many people, I didn't realize he was still alive, R.I.P. I loved his work.
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RIP
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The guy who killed John Lennon was reading the Catcher in the Rye.
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RIP, one of my fave books.
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RIP. Books was
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Unfortunate, but Catcher in the Rye was awful.
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not my favourite book, but a lot of respect! RIP.
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catcher in the rye is goat status
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I thought no one else felt this way. JD went to my college. RIP.
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Making a quick return to general to post in here. RIP to Salinger who wrote the greatest book I have ever read. No book besides 1984 perhaps has influenced me more, and there is no literary character equal to Caulfield. While he has been gone for a while, now that it is official it just depresses me. I usually have a copy of Catcher with me on any trip, I could read it over and over
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you guys are haters. holden is THE MAN.
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I read this book my 10th grade year and had to do a report on it.
R.I.P J.D. Salinger
R.I.P J.D. Salinger
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catcher in the rye may be a bit overrated but i still really like it. nine stories is great too. i havn't read the others you listed. i'm pretty shocked about this for some reason. Hopefully dude had been writing while he was in his reclusive state. maybe we will get decades worth of new books?
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Captures the agnst of adolesence better than anything else I have ever read. Just the confusion of trying to figure out your identity and where you fit in that comes with the age.
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Haha, I used to say that word all the time after reading the book.Originally Posted by VeryAnalytical85
This thread is such a phony....
j/k.
RIP Salinger, definitely enjoyed Catcher In The Rye one of my favorite books of all time...
RIP to a great author.
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RIP to the man that perfectly captured depression in literary form