英语翻译Allwritersdreamofsuccess.Yetsomewritersturntheirbackonsuccessthemomentitcomesalong.J.D.Salinger,theAmericanauthor,isagoodexample.Onthefaceofit,thefuturedidnotlookpromisingfortheteenageSalinger.Heseemsal
英语翻译
Allwritersdreamofsuccess.Yetsomewritersturntheirbackonsuccessthemomentitcomesalong.J.D.Salinger,theAmericanauthor,isagoodexample.
Onthefaceofit,thefuturedidnotlookpromisingfortheteenageSalinger.Heseemsalwaystohavebeenrunningawayfromsomething.Firstitwasschool,thenhedroppedoutofNewYorkUniversity.Finally,afterfailingtofindacareerinhisfather’sfoodimportbusinessanddroppingoutofyetanothercollegehedecidedthathisdestinywastobeawriter.InthesameyearhejoinedawritingclassatColumbiaUniversitywhichwastaughtbyWhitBurnett,founderandeditorofamagazinecalledStory.TheMarch-AprilissuecontainedastorywrittenbySalingerentitled‘TheYoungFolks’.Initthereareearlyversionsofthemoody,selfishyouthsthatappearinhislaterfiction.Soon,hisstorieswereappearinginvariousmass-circulationmagazinesbutitwasthefamousNewYorkerwhichhedreamedof,believingthatpublicationwithinitscoverswouldindicatehisfuturepotentialasaseriouswriter.
Salingerhasahugereputationaroundtheworldyetitrestsmainlyonjustonenovel,TheCatcherintheRye.Publishedin1951,itsoonbecamehighlypopularwithteenagerswhoidentifiedwiththehero’spowerfulsenseofdissatisfaction.ItssuccessmadeSalingerapublicfigure.Mostwriters,ofcourse,wouldwelcomethis.Salinger,however,hateditandrefusedit.HemovedtoasmallhouseinCornish,NewHampshire,wherehelivedawayfromsocietyuntilhisdeathin2010attheageof91.
ForSalinger,fameandartistichonestywerenotthesamething.Somepeoplebecomewritersbecausetheywishtheirworkstospeakforthemselves.Salingerappearstohavebeendisgustedbytheideathathehadbecomethespokesmanforageneration.Indeathhehasperhapsachievedhishighestgoal:tobeoutofthespotlight,representedonlybyhiswork.
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