Dünyanın en ücra köşesinde bile okunuyor Murakami. Nobel hariç tüm ödülleri toplamış durumda. Yazdıkları biraz muğlak, biraz fantastik, biraz kişisel. Üstelik ‘yeterince Japon’ da değil. Peki, okuru nasıl ikna ediyor? Eserlerine yansıyan özel hayatında neler var? Hepsini ve daha fazlasını Aytemis Depci yazdı.

Murakami’nin sırrı ne?

Face-to-Face with a Legend J.D. Salinger 

Is Success Always About Winning? Read This Story and Decide for Yourself.

Curious about the lengths someone would go to for success, even when the game is rigged? Immerse yourself in Alan's wild goose chase in this captivating chapter. Imagine facing a grumpy recluse like J.D. Salinger, his guard dogs, and your own self-doubt – all for a seemingly impossible mission. Witness Alan's resourcefulness as he cracks hidden clues, wields a prop check, and pleads for a mere two minutes. But the real twist? The goal wasn't what you think. Discover the shocking truth behind Alan's mission and grapple with the complex definition of success. This rollercoaster ride of ambition, humor, and self-discovery will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about achievement. So, buckle up and prepare to be surprised – dive into this chapter and see if you can outsmart Alan in the face of the impossible.
Alan, tasked with acquiring the film rights to Catcher in the Rye, attempts to meet the reclusive author J.D. Salinger at his home. Despite facing Salinger's hostility and resistance, Alan persists, ultimately failing to secure the rights but achieving the seemingly impossible feat of meeting the enigmatic author, leaving him with a memorable and complex experience.

Chapter 6 Face-to-Face with a Legend J.D. Salinger

In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess's interest in fiction. This podcast, by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, explores the novels on Burgess's list with the help of writers, critics and other special guests.

In this episode, writer and academic Sarah Graham leads Graham Foster through the 1940s Manhattan of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

Published in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden Caulfield, a bereaved teenager who recalls a weekend spent in Manhattan after he is expelled from boarding school. As he tells his story of wandering the streets looking for some form of connection in seedy hotels, bars, and nightclubs, he gradually reveals his own state of mind and his desire to rebel against the society that he doesn’t understand.

J.D. Salinger was born in New York in 1919. After participating in some of the most consequential battles of World War II, he began writing short stories for the New Yorker, many of which centred around the Glass family. After publishing the short story collections Nine Stories (1953) and Franny and Zooey (1961), and the volume of two novellas Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963), he retired from public life. He died in 2010.

Sarah Graham is Associate Professor in American Literature at the University of Leicester. Her most recent publications are A History of the Bildungsroman (CUP, 2019) and reviews of American fiction for the Times Literary Supplement. She published a reader’s guide to The Catcher in the Rye in 2007 (Continuum), edited a collection of essays on the novel for Routledge (2007), and has contributed to magazines, conferences and programmes discussing Salinger’s work, including ‘J. D. Salinger: Made in England’ for BBC Radio 4.

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BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

By J.D. Salinger:

Nine Stories (1953)

By others:

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1850)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884)
The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines (1943)
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (2022)

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LINKS

Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye: A Reader's Guide by Sarah Graham: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/salingers-the-catcher-in-the-rye-9781441143105/

A History of the Bildungsroman, edited by Sarah Graham: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-the-bildungsroman/4F604819653EF4A07DC14CB6151B4415

International Anthony Burgess Foundation: https://www.anthonyburgess.org

Burgess Foundation's Free Substack Newsletter: https://anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com

The theme music for the Ninety-Nine Novels podcast is Anthony Burgess’s Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano in D Minor, performed by No Dice Collective: https://nodicecollective.com

Ninety-Nine Novels: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation Podcast explores the life and work of Anthony Burgess, most famous for writing A Clockwork Orange. We talk to writers, literature experts, and other people who met Burgess in various contexts. We also help illuminate Burgess's work through informative scripted episodes.

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