R.I.P. J.D. Salinger

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  01.28.10 | 2:07 PM ET

The famously reclusive novelist, best known for “The Catcher in the Rye,” has died at age 91. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks of Salinger, and his “Catcher” protagonist Holden Caulfield, as being inextricably linked to New York City, and to Central Park in particular. Here’s a memorable passage from the novel:

I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go. I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away.

World Hum contributor Beth Harpaz has a guide to Holden Caulfield’s New York City in USA Today.


Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


2 Comments for R.I.P. J.D. Salinger

Caitlin 01.28.10 | 4:52 PM ET

Spot on! Thank you.

MediaMentions 02.07.10 | 3:13 PM ET

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I think it’s definitely worth a read.

Sincerely,
MediaMentions

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