《Ezumi ni yugu》 - Dedicated to Ezumi

...American Jewish novelist. Born and raised in New York City, his works are attractive because of their delicate and sophisticated finish, which is colored by a very urbane shyness and sophistication. He was conscripted into World War II and received intelligence training, and participated in the Normandy landings, but he continued to write during the war, and his novel "To Esme" was highly praised as one of the best works of the 1950s. His long novel "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951), which could be called a modern picaresque novel with a 16-year-old boy as the protagonist, was extremely popular among young people of his generation, and it seems that the author was instantly made into their idol. ...

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…アメリカのユダヤ系小説家。生れも育ちもニューヨーク市で，いかにも都会的なはにかみとソフィスティケーションに彩られた繊細巧緻な仕上げが作品の魅力の一つである。第2次大戦に徴集されて諜報訓練を受け，ノルマンディー上陸作戦にも参加したが，創作活動は戦時中も続き，《エズミに捧ぐ》は1950年を代表する秀作の一つとして激賞された。そして16歳の少年を主人公にした現代のピカレスク小説ともいうべき長編《ライ麦畑でつかまえて》(1951)は同世代の若者の絶大な人気を呼び，一躍作者を彼らのアイドルに祭り上げた感がある。…

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