History+of+the+novel

by: Group 1 (Adam, Jannick, Simon, Malthe & Emilie C) "The catcher in the rye" was published on July 16th 1951. Two years later he published another book with some of his earliest works called "Nine Stories".
 * History of the novel **

The book was greeted very well with a statement saying "an unusually brilliant first novel" Though the book has been and still is very discussed because of the language and the casualty of rather taboo like subjects, such as sex and prostitution (keep in mind, this was in the 50's) "The Catcher in the Rye" became extremely popular. Just within two months of it's publication, it had been reprinted eight times! And it was on the New York Times Bestseller list for no less, than THIRTY weeks! Which is quite awesome!

After the ”big break” ”The Catcher in the Rye” kept low profile for while, as in it wasn’t as poular anymore, but then in the late 50’s it became a rather discussed matter once again. After a British literary critic, Ian Hamilton ( 24 March 1938 - 27 December 2001) commented on the book as being a must have for curious young people as a guide to the cool/disaffection-ate way of living. Afterwards newspapers started writing articles about the “Catcher Cult” and the novel was then banned in several countries and some U.S schools. This was also due to the fact that as Catholic reviewer had called it an “excessive use of amateur swearing and coarse language”.

- Around 250.000 copies of the book are being sold every year. - That makes a total of more than 65.000.000 copies. - The novel was among the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 as chosen by  Time Magazine and named by ModernLibrary and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. - Mark Davis Chapman, the guy who shot John Lennon was carrying a copy of the novel. - So was John Hickley Jr. who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan.
 * Did you know ? **