MARGARET A. SALINGER

In her highly anticipated memoir, Margaret A. Salinger writes about life with her famously reclusive father, J.D. Salingeroffering a rare look into the man and the myth, what it is like to be his daughter, and the effect of such a charismatic figure on the girls and women closest to him.With generosity and insight, Ms. Salinger has written a book that is eloquent, spellbinding, and wise, yet at the same time retains the intimacy of a novel. Her story chronicles an almost cultlike environment of extreme isolation and early neglect interwoven with times of laughter, joy, and dazzling beauty. Compassionately exploring the complex dynamics of family relationships, her story is one that seeks to come to terms with the dark parts of her life that, quite literally, nearly killed her, and to pass on a life-affirming heritage to her own child.The story of being a Salinger is unique; the story of being a daughter is universal. This book appeals to anyone, J.D. Salinger fan or no, who has ever had to struggle to sort out who she really is from whom her parents dreamed she might be.

J. D. Salinger es un escritor de culto del que apenas se sabe nada. Desde que alcanzó la fama y el prestigio mundial con su novela El Guardián del Centeno, ha rehuido a los medios de comunicación, no concede entrevistas, no se sabe a ciencia cierta donde vive y ha rodeado su persona de un halo de misterio. En este libro, su hija relata como es este escritor. A traves de estas paginas, el lector conoce al hombre y al mito desde perspectivas diferentes. La autora relata lo que implica ser su hija, y el efecto que un hombre tan carismatico pudo llegar a tener sobre las mujeres que le rodearon.

Desde que el autor de El guardián entre el centeno y Fanny y Zoey decidiera recluirse en su casa en Cornish, su ostracismo literario y social no hizo más que engrandecer el mito de este singular creador. Por primera vez, su hija Margaret descubre la cara oculta de este autor de culto, su parte inedita, domestica e intima.