Il giovane Holden è un romanzo di J. D. Salinger, pubblicato parzialmente in maniera seriale tra il 1945 ed il 1946, per poi esser raccolto in un volume unico nel 1951.
Sono passati più di sessant'anni da quando è stato scritto, ma continuiamo a vederlo, Holden Caufield, con quell'aria scocciata, insofferente alle ipocrisie e al conformismo, lui e tutto quello che gli è cascato addosso dal giorno in cui lasciò l'Istituto Pencey con una bocciatura in tasca e nessuna voglia di farlo sapere ai suoi. La trama è tutta qui, narrata da quella voce spiccia e senza fronzoli. Ma sono i suoi pensieri, il suo umore rabbioso, ad andare in scena. Perché è arrabbiato Holden? Poiché non lo si sa con precisione, ciascuno vi ha letto la propria rabbia, ha assunto il protagonista a "exemplum vitae", e ciò ne ha decretato l'immenso successo che dura tuttora.
Bello e molto scorrevole, ma bisogna sforzarsi di passare oltre a certe cose - traduzione in primis, che risulta spesso e volentieri forzata (proprio per come è fatto il testo originale, non perché sia una cattiva traduzione).
Secondo me potevano azzardare a metterci un titolo alternativo più vicino all'originale però, in questa nuova versione.
just finished rereading this. Hadn't read it since high school. I don't remember much liking it then and wondered if I'd missed something. I don't think so. For me it's basically one long monologue by a confused and depressed teenager with a weak ending. Glad I reread it though. Decent story telling with a unique voice.
Ok, I had written a huge review comparing The Catcher in the Rye to Crime & Punishment, but SOMEONE decided to do maintenance on the site at nine minutes before an hour. Good job, Goodreads.
Missing are arguments for The Catcher in the Rye being humouress in a 'oh, the follies of youth' way, on how everything was connected, on how certain passages could be considered 'key' and were actual commentaries on the novel itself. I also addressed the views of it being a mere novel written for angsty folk as well as view of Reese Weatherspoon in the movie Pleasantville as missing the entire point and seeming to deal with just half the novel.
I also argued against the idea that Holden Caufield is a symbol of teen rebellion... since he doesn't ever do any rebellion. I then conclude that a lot of hipsters who comment on this book …
Ok, I had written a huge review comparing The Catcher in the Rye to Crime & Punishment, but SOMEONE decided to do maintenance on the site at nine minutes before an hour. Good job, Goodreads.
Missing are arguments for The Catcher in the Rye being humouress in a 'oh, the follies of youth' way, on how everything was connected, on how certain passages could be considered 'key' and were actual commentaries on the novel itself. I also addressed the views of it being a mere novel written for angsty folk as well as view of Reese Weatherspoon in the movie Pleasantville as missing the entire point and seeming to deal with just half the novel.
I also argued against the idea that Holden Caufield is a symbol of teen rebellion... since he doesn't ever do any rebellion. I then conclude that a lot of hipsters who comment on this book have clearly never read it.
But all that is lost, because Goodreads can not get their act together. Thank you, Goodreads, and burn in hell.
