Apart from such discoveries, the films director, shane salerno, and his coauthor on the book, david shields, offer some theories about salingers life and work. David shields and shane salerno crack open the mythos of the reclusive author. Authors shane salerno and david shields spent nine years doing research for salinger, a new book about one of americas most revered writers. Salinger is the thorny, complicated portrait that its thorny, complicated subject deserves. Salingers daughter noted in her memoir, dream catcher, published in 2000. Salinger had only one testicle, a congenital defect that so shamed the novelist that it eventually drove him into the woods of new hampshire. Sep 03, 20 the big news in shields how literature saved my life, 20, etc. Sep 01, 20 a new biographyoral history is about to be published about j. David shields is a writer best known for his reality hunger. The authors seem intent on simply presenting a plethora of nearly unorganized quotes, anecdotes, jokes, excerpts from letters and journals, and occasional celebrity razzledazzle about one of salingers books or stories. He won early acclaim for his short stories, which he began submitting to the new yorker magazine before he was drafted into the army in 1942. Subreddit rules message the mods related subs ama info the faq the wiki this is a moderated subreddit. Salinger, brief biographies of the people quoted in the book. This cutandpaste biography of jd salinger fails to get anywhere near the man or his work, writes tim adams.
I found it to be salinger is the hefty biography of the catcher in the rye author, jerome david salinger. The book is an oral biographical portrait of reclusive american author j. Book claims secret deformity made salinger a recluse. Documentary, book on jd salinger uncovers new details on life and work of reclusive author jd salinger. Salinger by david shields meet your next favorite book. It is terribly written and my wife and i turned it off in the car after only 1 hour of listening. An explosive new biography of jd salinger argues that the catcher in the rye was really a disguised wartime novel. Their assertion matches up with what margaret salinger j. Jd salinger news stories about jd salinger page 1 newser.
Coming through the rye to jeromes the catcher in the rye. The source was salinger, the 20 documentary and book by the same name, by david shields and shane salerno, who spent nine years researching and producing them. Starting sometime between 2015 and 2020, a series of posthumous salinger releases are planned, according to salinger, cowritten by david shields and shane salerno, whose book will be published. Starting sometime between 2015 and 2020, a series of posthumous salinger releases are planned, according to salinger, cowritten by david shields and shane salerno, whose book will. Sep 03, 20 david shields and shane salerno crack open the mythos of the reclusive author. Aug 30, 20 salinger the pacifist creates, in his only novel, an alter ego so at war with humanity that the book becomes the personal bible of assassins. Salinger kindle edition by shields, david, salerno, shane. A biography from david shields and shane salerno the new. Find out more about salinger by david shields, shane salerno at simon.
Salinger authors shane salerno and david shields spent nine years doing research for salinger, a new book about one of americas most revered writers. After you read it, you have to decide what version of jd salinger youll believe in, because. Salinger biography by david shields and shane salerno, i knew very little about the authors personal life. Coauthors shields and salerno take a much different approach to unveiling the hidden life of j. In 20, new light was shed on salingers life and work.
Salinger, by david shields and shane salerno financial. Salinger had only one testicle, a congenital defect that so shamed the novelist that it eventually drove him into the woods of. Salinger audiobook by david shields, shane salerno. Both john hinckley and mark david chapman cited its. For every pro this book has a con as authors shields and salerno search among salinger s family, friends and foes to balance the truth about salinger the man as well as salinger the writer. Shane salerno, director of salinger, coauthored the book salinger with david shields. At one point david shields and shane salerno describe it as an oral biography. He felt compelled, he said, to counter the claims in a 20 documentary and a tiein book by david shields and shane salerno, which caused a stir with the revelation that salinger had left behind. Salinger is biography by american writers shane salerno and david shields, which was published in 20. Salinger book official site of biography by shane salerno.
The prolific writer died a natural death on january 27, 2010, in new hampshire, united states. During his time at mcburney school, he wrote for the school newspaper and began to show an interest in drama. The writing is strange, it wanders and salingers story is told from many other persons who knew him points of view. The writing is strange, it wanders and salinger s story is told from many other persons who knew him points of view. Salinger, ebook holdout, joins the digital revolution.
Sep 20, 20 sam leith on an illconceived book but one which has new and fascinating nuggets. A new documentary and book about the reclusive author of catcher in the rye, who died in 2010, reveal intriguing details of his life and of more books to come. Jd salinger at his home in cornish, new hampshire, 1961. Their introduction outlines the three ambitious goals of the book and film. Aug 25, 20 starting sometime between 2015 and 2020, a series of posthumous salinger releases are planned, according to salinger, cowritten by david shields and shane salerno, whose book will be published. A new biographyoral history is about to be published about j. Reality hunger, named one of the best books of 2010 by more than thirty publications. Salinger, by david shields and shane salerno financial times. One is a world war ii story, and therein hangs another taleand a long part of the present. Jd salinger book, documentary film top secret for much of the nine years that shane salerno worked on his jd salinger documentary and book, the project was a mystery worthy of the author himself. His work has been translated into twenty languages. For every pro this book has a con as authors shields and salerno search among salingers family, friends and foes to balance the truth about salinger the man as well as salinger the writer. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage indepth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or.
Skin game by stuart woods check out the weekly recommendation thread. This is perhaps the most interesting revelation both in david shields and shane salernos oral biography salinger and its. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In salinger, the new oral history of the catcher in the rye novelist, david shields and shane salerno claim that the j. Oct 25, 2017 the source was salinger, the 20 documentary and book by the same name, by david shields and shane salerno, who spent nine years researching and producing them. In shane salernos 20 book salinger, which is based on salernos documentary, coauthor david shields writes that j. The big news in shields how literature saved my life, 20, etc. The book offers the most complete rendering yet the washington post engrossing the wall street journal. Documentary, book on jd salinger uncovers new details on life. Sep 01, 20 a new documentary and book about the reclusive author of catcher in the rye, who died in 2010, reveal intriguing details of his life and of more books to come. The book, which been getting a great deal of attention, in advance of its publication september 3rd, is cowritten by david shields and shane salerno. Salinger jerome david salinger was born in 1919 and raised in new york city. Salinger authors shane salerno and david shields spent nine years doing research for salinger, a new book about one.
Jd salinger spirituality in salingers writing american. Sam leith on an ill conceived book but one which has new and fascinating nuggets. Salinger literary trustcontrolled by salingers wife colleen and his. Salinger gets the goods on an authors reclusive life.
What happened to the five unpublished salinger novels. David shields is the author of fifteen books, including the new york times bestseller the thing about life is that one day youll be dead. Aug 28, 20 when news emerged three years ago that filmmaker shane salerno and writer david shields were working on a lengthy oral biography with accompanying documentary about j. Salinger is a revelation, and offers the most complete picture of an american icon, a man deified by silence, haunted by war, frustrated in loveand more frail and human than he ever wanted the world to know. Salinger by david shields, shane salerno, paperback. Sure, i had read most of salingers published works and i was well aware of his obsessively reclusive lifestyle, but that was about it. Salinger book by david shields, shane salerno official publisher. Feb 01, 2019 a 20 documentary and book by shane salerno and david shields cited two independent and separate sources in predicting five new works. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading salinger.
Both books represent nearly a decade of research, and both draw on some of the same materialpreviously published books on and memoirs about the writer, as well as letters made. In 2009, the writer filed a lawsuit against writer, john david california, who was about to publish a sequel, 60 years later. Salernos interest in salinger began when, as a child, he read all of salinger s published work and learned that the author had retreated from public life to live in a rural town in new hampshire, where he ostensibly wrote every. Aug 25, 20 in salinger, the new oral history of the catcher in the rye novelist, david shields and shane salerno claim that the j. Salingerians those who are obsessed with the fabulously successful and famously reclusive catcher in the rye author will find much to argue about in this oral history by filmmaker shane salerno whose related movie is released september 6 and cowriter david shields. Commentary on wisdom, balance, zen, buddhism and meditation in salingers writing comes from writer david shields coauthor of the book salinger, actor edward norton, bookworm radio host.
New biography claims more salinger books due out hollywood. Jd salinger book introduction to salinger american. A 20 documentary and book by shane salerno and david shields cited two independent and separate sources in predicting five new works. But salinger refused to say whether or not new books are coming, and the filmmakers behind the documentary david shields and shane salerno stand by their claim. Salerno also made a documentary film that went by the same name, which was telecast in the american masters television show. Would you try another book from david shields and shane salerno andor the narrators. The former new hampshire home of jd salinger, who died in 2010, is up for sale in cornish, featuring four bedrooms, five bathrooms, and 12 acres, bloomberg reports. Documentary, book on jd salinger uncovers new details on. Salinger s daughter noted in her memoir, dream catcher, published in 2000. One is a world war ii story, and therein hangs another taleand a long part of the present volume. Aug 11, 2019 he felt compelled, he said, to counter the claims in a 20 documentary and a tiein book by david shields and shane salerno, which caused a stir with the revelation that salinger had left behind. After briefly attending new york and columbia universities, salinger concentrated on writing. He was born in new york city on january 1st 1919 and his writing skills first started to show when he was in mcburney school, a private school in manhattan. Salerno talks to weekend edition sunday guest host.
An instant new york times bestseller, this explosive biography people of one of. In 20, new light was shed on salinger s life and work. Sep 16, 20 this cutandpaste biography of jd salinger fails to get anywhere near the man or his work, writes tim adams. Salinger is the 17th book by david shields and the first book by author, screenwriter, and producer shane salerno. Shane salerno and david shields published a biography of the famed writer entitled salinger.