january january american writer won acclaim early life led private life half century published final original work gave interview raised manhattan began writing short stories secondary school published story magazine early 1940s began serving world war critically acclaimed story perfect day appeared new_yorker magazine home later work novel catcher immediate popular success depiction adolescent loss innocence protagonist influential especially adolescent readers novel remains widely read controversial selling copies year success catcher led public attention scrutiny publishing new work frequently followed catcher short story collection stories volume containing short story volume containing raise high introduction published work entitled appeared new_yorker june afterward struggled unwanted attention including legal battle 1980s biographer release late 1990s memoirs written people close lover daughter small publisher announced deal publish book form amid ensuing publicity release indefinitely delayed headlines globe june filed lawsuit writer copyright infringement resulting writer use characters catcher died natural causes january home new_hampshire november unpublished stories briefly posted online stories ocean bowling balls said prequel catcher early life experiences born new_york_city new year day father sold cheese jewish family lithuanian descent father having congregation louisville kentucky mother marie née born atlantic iowa scottish german irish descent changed considered jewish marrying father learn mother jewish ancestry celebrated bar sibling older sister youth attended public schools west manhattan family moved park avenue enrolled nearby private school managed fencing team wrote school newspaper appeared plays showed innate talent drama father opposed idea actor trouble fitting new school took measures conform calling jerry family called parents enrolled wayne pennsylvania began writing stories covers night aid literary editor class participated valley forge file reveals mediocre student unlike enjoyed members glass family write recorded far genius graduated started freshman year considered studying special education dropped following spring fall father urged learn meat business went work company vienna austria left austria month annexed nazi_germany march fall attended pennsylvania wrote column called diploma included movie reviews dropped semester attended evening writing class taught longtime editor story magazine according distinguish weeks end second semester point suddenly came life completed stories told stories accomplished accepting young folks youths publication story debut short story published magazine march april issue mentor corresponded years world war started dating daughter playwright despite finding self absorbed friend little love little called wrote long letters relationship ended began seeing eventually married late briefly worked caribbean cruise ship serving activity director possibly performer year began submitting short stories new_yorker seven stories rejected magazine year including lunch monologue went school adolf hitler december publication accepted slight rebellion madison manhattan set story teenager named pre war japan carried attack pearl harbor month story rendered appear magazine spring months united_states entered world war drafted army saw combat 12th infantry regiment present day campaign normandy germany arranged meet writer influenced working war correspondent paris impressed finding soft public persona impressed writing remarked jesus talent writers began corresponding wrote july talks positive memories war added working play protagonist story slight rebellion madison hoped play assigned counter intelligence division proficiency french german prisoners war april entered liberated concentration camp probably sub camps earned rank served campaigns experiences war affected emotionally hospitalized weeks combat stress reaction germany defeated later told daughter smell burning flesh nose entirely matter long live biographers speculate drew wartime experiences stories love narrated soldier continued write serving army publishing stories slick magazines continued submit stories new_yorker little success rejected submissions group poems post war years germany defeat signed month period duty germany lived soon married brought united_states april marriage fell apart months returned germany daughter margaret received letter looked envelope reading tore apart time heard breakup margaret finished person agreed help publish collection short stories imprint titled young folks collection consist stories like title story slight rebellion madison print previously unpublished implied book published negotiated advance sale overruled rejected book blamed book failure print estranged late 1940s avid follower buddhism point gave reading lists subject dates arranged meeting buddhist scholar author submitted short story titled simply new_yorker magazine fiction editor impressed singular quality story magazine asked continue spent year reworking new_yorker editors magazine accepted story titled perfect day published january issue magazine offered look contract allowed right refusal future stories critical acclaim accorded coupled problems stories altered led publish exclusively new_yorker published stories feature glasses fictional family consisting retired performers seven children buddy eventually published seven stories glasses developing detailed family history focusing particularly brilliant troubled eldest child early 1940s letter eager sell film rights stories order achieve financial security according disappointed hollywood short story brothers came immediately agreed independent film producer offered buy film rights short story uncle connecticut sold story hope words agent good movie film version critics release renamed heart starring melodramatic film departed extent story biographer referred result experience permitted film adaptations work wanted buy rights perfect day refused request told friend longtime staff writer new_yorker cute talented lost tempted accommodate pour sport catcher 1940s people working novel featuring teenage protagonist short story slight rebellion madison catcher published july novel plot simple detailing year old experiences new_york_city following expulsion departure elite college preparatory school expelled current school expelled previous schools book notable persona voice person narrator serves unreliable narrator importance loyalty adulthood interview high school newspaper admitted novel sort autobiographical explaining boy book great relief telling people initial reactions book mixed ranging new_york_times catcher unusually brilliant novel book language uses religious freely discusses casual sex prostitution novel popular success months publication catcher reprinted times spent weeks list book initial success followed brief popularity late 1950s according book brooding buy manual cool styles borrowed compared newspapers began publishing articles catcher cult novel banned countries schools subject matter reviewer called excessive use amateur swearing coarse language according angry parent instances uses synonym person illegitimate birth incident constituted wrong book 1970s high school teachers assigned book fired forced resign study censorship noted catcher dubious distinction frequently censored book nation second frequently taught novel public high schools mice men book remains widely read novel selling copies year total worldwide sales million copies wake 1950s success received rejected numerous offers adapt catcher screen including publication sustained interest novel filmmakers steven_spielberg seeking secure rights stated 1970s tried years hands repeatedly refused definitively concluded person played writing 1950s july profile book month club news friend new_yorker editor asked literary influences responded writer asked discuss craft ought loud voice names writers loves love burns blake won living writers don think right letters written 1940s expressed admiration living recently deceased writers wrote saw time successor perfect day ending similar earlier published short story day wrote friends change life years practicing buddhism reading gospel hindu religious teacher advocated seeking enlightenment detachment human responsibilities family religious studies reflected writing story features year old child expresses insights studied writings disciple story character describes exciting original best equipped giants century published collection seven stories new_yorker magazine rejected collection published stories united_states love best known stories book received positive reviews financial success remarkably volume short stories according hamilton stories spent months list grip publicity refused allow publishers collection depict characters dust jacket illustrations readers form notions notoriety catcher grew gradually withdrew public view moved apartment east 57th street new_york new_hampshire early time relatively particularly students invited house frequently play records talk problems school student persuaded interviewed high school page city paper nonetheless interview appeared prominently newspaper editorial section cut contact high explanation seen frequently town meeting close friend began publish frequency publication stories published stories rest decade marriage family february age married student father art critic children margaret december matthew february wrote memoir believes parents married born father read teachings guru brought possibility enlightenment following path married person children marriage claire initiated path small store hindu temple washington summer received breathing exercises practice minutes twice day insisted claire drop school live months shy graduation certain elements story published january based relationship claire including ownership book way isolated location hardly saw people long stretches time claire frustrated changing religious beliefs committed remembered leave work story weeks return piece supposed finishing destroyed new follow claire believed cover fact jerry destroyed couldn face quality couldn face publishing created abandoning tried forerunner meeting founder according claire quickly followed adherence number spiritual medical belief systems including interest family life marked child born according margaret book claire felt daughter replaced affections infant margaret sick time having embraced refused doctor according margaret mother admitted years later went edge winter plans murder commit suicide claire supposedly intended trip new_york_city instead acted sudden impulse margaret hotel run away months persuaded return publications relationship published raise high introduction book contained short stories previously published new_yorker members glass family stories originally published ones published stories dust jacket wrote reference interest privacy subversive opinion writer feelings obscurity second valuable property loan working years september time magazine devoted cover article life magazine reported glass family series near completion intends write glass trilogy nonetheless published story form long letter seven year old summer camp new work years took june issue new_yorker universally critically panned time isolated claire friends relatives words virtual prisoner claire separated september divorce finalized october age relationship year old lasted months time experienced writer seventeen magazine new_york_times asked write article published eighteen year old looks life april celebrity wrote letter warning living fame exchanging letters moved summer freshman year yale_university return yale fall spent months guest home relationship ended told daughter margaret family outing wanted children felt old autobiography different picture saying abruptly ended relationship refused dropped yale scholarship later writes memoir came find begun relationships young women exchanging letters letter recipients included wife nurse engaged married met author living continued write disciplined fashion hours morning according completed new novels rare interview new_york_times explained peace publishing like write love write write pleasure according saw publication damned memoir describes detailed filing system father unpublished manuscripts red mark meant die finish work publish blue meant publish edit neighbor said told written unpublished novels final interview june represented somewhat differently depending secondary source account attractive young woman aspiring novelist managed record audio interview photographs knowledge consent separate account emphasis placed contact letter writing local personal initiative cross bridge meet woman course interview clear reporter close pictures departed according account interview ended local attempted shake famous author hand point enraged account interview published later author separately ascribed derived work review editor legal conflicts tried escape public exposure possible continued struggle unwanted attention media public readers work students nearby came groups hoping catch glimpse learned british writer intended publish biography extensive use letters written authors friends sued stop book publication court ruled hamilton extensive use letters including quotation acceptable author right control publication right fair use book published later hamilton published search writing life book experience tracking information copyright fights planned biography consequence lawsuit details private life including spent years writing words work fiction public form court excerpts letters widely notably bitter remark written response marriage home evenings grey nude atop swinging head bamboo cane like dead rat gown bathroom romantically involved television actress years 1980s relationship ended met june nurse married years junior told trying child iranian director released film unauthorized loose adaptation film distributed legally iran country official copyright relations united_states lawyers block planned screening film called action explaining saw film kind cultural exchange gave small publisher permission publish previously published year listings appeared book sellers articles critical reviews story appeared press publication date pushed repeatedly apparently cancelled altogether amazon anticipated publish story january time death listed currently unavailable june consulted lawyers upcoming publication unauthorized sequel catcher written swedish book publisher pseudonym california book called years later coming appears pick story protagonist novel years old wandering streets new_york expelled private school california book features year old man having escaped nursing home new_york literary agent told britain sunday telegraph matter turned lawyer fact little known book set published new publishing imprint called gave rise speculation literary circles thing stunt district court judge issued injunction prevents book published book author filed appeal july heard september case settled agreed publish distribute book book editions years later canada catcher enters public domain title coming book referring title catcher remains free sell book international territories fear interference later publicity october new_york_times reported fire consumed half home tuesday smoke author classic novel adolescent rebellion catcher equally famous having elevated privacy art form years end relationship auctioned series letters written memoir life relationship home world memoir published year topics book described mother consulted appeal aging author dressing like child described relationship length ensuing controversy memoir letters claimed forced auction letters financial reasons preferred donate software developer bought letters announced intention return year later daughter margaret second wife published memoir book described control mother myths established book hamilton arguments experience post traumatic stress disorder left psychologically unable deal traumatic nature war service allowed men lived battle father fought left body soul painted picture father man immensely proud service record maintaining military service jacket moving compound town old characterized author devoted film buff according margaret favorite movies include lady steps favorite movie catcher comedies laurel hardy extensive collection classic movies 1940s prints wrote loves movies films argued father essentially product movies day father spanish speakers puerto rican gypsy types movie staff writer new_yorker longtime friend wrote following death loved movies fun discuss enjoyed watching actors work enjoyed knowing loved hated said seen grand illusion times margaret offered insights myths including father supposed long time interest involvement alternative medicine eastern weeks published margaret brother matt memoir letter sister gothic tales supposed childhood stated authority consciously making know grew different house different parents sister describes death died natural causes home new_hampshire january literary representative told new_york_times writer broken hip health excellent sudden decline new year representative believed death painful wife widow son matt estate literary style themes contributor note gave wrote write young people statement referred featured appear work published short story young folks catcher glass family stories critic explained choice teenagers subject matter reason appeal young readers consciousness youths speaks virtually language honest vision things capture secret world reason remarked greatest mind stay prep school language especially energetic sparse dialogue revolutionary time stories published seen critics distinguishing thing work identified closely characters techniques interior monologue letters extended telephone calls display gift dialogue style elements gave illusion having delivered characters keeping recurring themes stories connect ideas innocence including influence hollywood world large teenagers adults intelligence children contemporary critics discuss clear progression course published work evidenced increasingly negative reviews received post catcher story collections view arguing early stories boasted tight energetic dialogue formulaic sentimental took standards new_yorker editors writing spare mysterious withheld qualities perfect day catcher stories early 1950s late 1950s involved religious study hamilton notes stories longer plot driven increasingly filled remarks agrees writing new_yorker stopped writing stories conventional sense lose interest fiction art form thought manipulative literary device control recent years critics defended certain works wrote arguably masterpiece companion piece rewarding great influence writing influenced prominent writers prompting author state influential body work english prose writers generation winning novelist attested short stories opened eyes fiction set events unconnected lightly connected reading stick mind having moved step knowing handle material critic observed early stories winner affected voice comic timing national book award finalist told new_york_times reading stories time landmark experience like happened describes man language pure energy beautifully controlled knew exactly silence word short story love kisses collected know far parody love wrote new_yorker catcher new generation literary genre classed bell fear las_vegas bright lights heartbreaking work genius writer struggling short stories friend gave copy stories inspired later described effect writers explaining feels like wrote catcher day incredible feeling ease writing pursuit voice voice voice voice authors cited influence cites influence referencing main character catcher song life biographer called literature mid-1960s drawn writer seminal work writers poets read philosopher hindu introduced indian western world legacy oral biography titled authors assert author left specific instructions authorizing start release unpublished works according authors sources include new glass family stories novel based relationship wife form officer diary manual stories new stories life biography described companion volume film documentary title directorial debut writer years received limited theatrical release september list works books catcher stories perfect day uncle connecticut war laughing man love pretty mouth green eyes smith blue period raise high introduction raise high introduction early stories young folks eddie week won kill published stories eddie republished fiction form experience early stories young folks republished early stories hang republished kit book soldiers sailors marines long debut republished stories fiction week won kill republished early stories boy france republished post stories july august issue magazine sandwich republished slight rebellion madison republished wonderful town new_yorker girl knew republished stories published stories heart broken story personal notes brothers parties concerned soft boiled sergeant day stranger crazy young girl waist inverted forest unpublished stories best peter children lonely men magic birthday boy ocean bowling balls media portrayals references appears character voiced episodes season episodes said faked death escape public attention original series july
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