Roman Fiction en anglais Mars 2011

Disponible à nouveau à partir de Mars 2011 au CDI

Titre: Catcher in the rye (l’ Attrape-cœurs)

Auteur: Jerome David SALINGER

Viré de son collège à la veille des vacances de Noël, un jeune homme traîne trois jours dans New York avant de rentrer chez ses parents, en se posant des questions sur la vie que finalement on se pose tous… J.D. Salinger, un des écrivains parmi les plus mystérieux de toute la littérature américaine, signe en 1951 un immense chef d’ oeuvre. Un roman intense, dérangeant, atypique et terriblement actuel, devenu au fil du temps un véritable livre culte.

The Catcher in the Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection.
Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventional terms, there is hardly any plot at all). Salinger's style creates an effect of conversation, it is as though Holden is speaking to you personally, as though you too have seen through the pretences of the American Dream and are growing up unable to see the point of living in, or contributing to, the society around you.
Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood, it deals with society, love, loss, and expectations without ever falling into the clutch of a cliche.