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Nostalgic journey through literary New York.
"My Salinger Year" is a time capsule for anyone enamored with the bygone era of literary New York—it's like being wrapped in a vintage cardigan that still smells faintly of tobacco and nostalgia. Joanna's story is at once a personal coming-of-age and a love letter to the written word, making it an enchanting read for not only aspiring writers but also those who relish the thought of life's serendipitous moments against a backdrop of fading glamour. Her intimate encounter with Salinger's world is one that stirs the soul and tickles the funny bone, bridging the gap between a dreamlike past and the stark present.
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2014)
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ISBN: 9781408833971
Authors:
Joanna Rakoff
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Publication: 2015-07-02
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.77
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Poignant, keenly observed, and irresistible: a memoir about literary New York in the late '90s, a pre-digital world on the cusp of vanishing, where a young woman finds herself swept into one of the last great stories and entangled with one of the last great figures of the century. At 23, after leaving graduate school to pursue her dreams of becoming a poet, Joanna Rakoff moves to New York City and takes a job as assistant to the storied literary agent of J. D. Salinger. She spends her days in the plush, wood-paneled agency, where Dictaphones and typewriters still prevail and old-time agents doze at their desks in the late afternoon, and at night she goes home to the tiny, threadbare Williamsburg apartment she shares with her socialist boyfriend. Precariously balanced between glamour and poverty, surrounded by titanic personalities, and struggling to trust her own artistic talent, Joanna is tasked with responding to Salinger's voluminous fan mail. But as she reads the deeply candid letters from his fans, she finds herself abandoning the agency's form letter and writing her own responses. Over the course of the year, she finds her own voice by acting as Salinger's, on her own dangerous and wonderful terms. Joanna Rakoff paints a vibrant portrait of a bright, hungry young woman moving through a heady and much-longed for world, trying to square romantic aspirations with
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Nostalgic journey through literary New York.
"My Salinger Year" is a time capsule for anyone enamored with the bygone era of literary New York—it's like being wrapped in a vintage cardigan that still smells faintly of tobacco and nostalgia. Joanna's story is at once a personal coming-of-age and a love letter to the written word, making it an enchanting read for not only aspiring writers but also those who relish the thought of life's serendipitous moments against a backdrop of fading glamour. Her intimate encounter with Salinger's world is one that stirs the soul and tickles the funny bone, bridging the gap between a dreamlike past and the stark present.
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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