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Top-Abrocoma-3729 t1_ixpwhz3 wrote

This book meant so much to me when I was a teenager and eventually led me to On the Road a and similar books about alienation and authenticity. If you liked the book, I highly recommend the documentary Salinger. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the author.

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SalemMO65560 t1_ixqwuxw wrote

I also recommend J.D. Salinger: A Life, by Kenneth Slawenski.

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censorized t1_ixs7f4g wrote

And I recommend At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard.

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Bodidiva t1_ixqddzi wrote

I've never heard of this one, thanks!

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edoerxd t1_ixrtx3y wrote

Please recommend more similar book!!!

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Top-Abrocoma-3729 t1_ixsdf77 wrote

Okay! Some more books that thematically focus on feelings of alienation and a desire for something authentic include: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (if you want a sense of how race and prejudice complicates these ideas and this search), The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow, and if you want non-fiction (that is written like a prose novel) then Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is brilliant and worth your time. Very similar!

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Ok-Relative-6172 t1_ixsq3ju wrote

Stoner by John Williams!! Amazing read also internal struggle. CITR is also one of my favorites, used to always read it at Christmas xx

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Bodidiva t1_ixt4sy1 wrote

I watched the documentary Salinger today and I'd forgotten that I'd heard some things about him that made me decide not to learn more about him and while he was a good writer I don't think the suffering he put everyone around him through was "worth it" for the writing.

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Top-Abrocoma-3729 t1_ixt56wl wrote

Rebel in the Rye is a bit more generous with Salinger. It is a narrative film that mostly focuses on his early life and the build-up to the release of Catcher

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