I love Catcher in the Rye. I've become quite obsessed with it.
I would like to read more novels that are related to the subject (disenchantment, or coming of age.)
I have read all of Salinger's work. I have already read A Separate Peace. I do not like Harry Potter (though I have read all the books.)
I am not a young adult.
I also enjoy satire and I'm looking to move away from the classics, which I have read extensively.
Any suggestions?
2007-02-21 10:36:18 · 5 answers · asked by I vote Capt. America 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Read Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi - honestly, anything by Hegi is fabulous. The Vision of Emma Blau, Floating in my Mother's Palm....
Martha Gellhorn is another good author, but no coming of age stories that come to mind.
Good luck....
2007-02-22 06:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your interested in something a little more recent try Miriam Towes A complicated Kindness, or Summer of my amazing luck. You might also enjoy John Irvings, A Prayer for Owen Meany.
2007-02-21 19:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by paulapop14 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a good book with a story about angsty coming of age of vampiric youth called 'Blood and Chocolate'. Not sure of the author but it is a good read.
2007-02-21 18:48:40 · answer #3 · answered by daddy-o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A favorite contemporary satirist of mine is Terry Pratchett. I laugh out loud when I read his work. He's written a lot of books, (somewhere around thirty or forty), centered around a fictional world called Discworld. Technically, they're all fantasy, but they definately don't read like fantasy.
2007-02-21 18:58:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the long way down
to kill a mocking bird
the scarlet letter
2007-02-21 18:53:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋