J. D. Salinger (Identities and Issues in Literature)
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The characters in J. D. Salinger’s fiction pursue a search for identity in a world often hostile to them; their creator has apparently found his own salvation in seclusion. Salinger grew up in New York City, attended private schools, and was publishing short fiction in his early twenties. World War II interrupted his career, and he served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945, participating in the D day invasion in Normandy, France, in 1944. In the next two decades, he would become perhaps the most famous, and most secluded, contemporary American writer. His best...
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