Verdict: 2 stars One of the most highly anticipated recent book launches has been Shields' and Salerno's Salinger, billed as an exhaustive biography of of one of the most reclusive writers of our time. What was actually published, unfortunately, was nothing more than transcripts written in interview format of discussions about the author with people who claimed to know him, nearly people, in fact/5. SALINGER features interviews with subjects including Salinger's friends and colleagues who have never spoken on the record before as well as film footage, photographs and other material that has never been seen. Salinger. By David Shields and Shane Salerno. Trade www.doorway.rued on: Septem. Salinger is an unmitigated success Shields and Salerno have struck journalistic gold. Salinger is a revelation, and offers the most complete picture of an American icon, a man deified by silence, haunted by war, frustrated in love—and more frail and human than he ever wanted the world to know A startlingly revealing story.
Salinger is an unmitigated success Shields and Salerno have struck journalistic gold. Salinger is a revelation, and offers the most complete picture of an American icon, a man deified by silence, haunted by war, frustrated in love—and more frail and human than he ever wanted the world to know A startlingly revealing story. At one point David Shields and Shane Salerno describe it as an oral biography. But it's more like a scrapbook. The authors seem intent on simply presenting a plethora of nearly unorganized quotes, anecdotes, jokes, excerpts from letters and journals, and occasional celebrity razzle-dazzle about one of Salinger's books or stories. Shields and Salerno illuminate most brightly the last 56 years of Salinger's life: a period that, until now, had remained completely dark to biographers. Provided unprecedented access to diaries, letters, legal records, and secret documents, listeners will feel they have, for the first time, gotten beyond Salinger's meticulously built-up wall.
Salinger by David Shields. When I think of J.D. Salinger, two things generally come to mind: a his only novel and his long seclusion from society. I always figured there was more and the best thing Davis Shield’s new oral biography of Salinger does is show how much more there was. Salinger is an unmitigated success Shields and Salerno have struck journalistic gold. Salinger is a revelation, and offers the most complete picture of an American icon, a man deified by silence, haunted by war, frustrated in love—and more frail and human than he ever wanted the world to know A startlingly revealing story. DAVID SHIELDS. Current Page: Books Films Contact Open Menu Close Menu.
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