He followed with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953), of a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey (1961), and a collection of two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). The success led to public attention and scrutiny: reclusive, he published new work less frequently. Widely read and controversial, sells a quarter-million copies a year. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield especially influenced adolescent readers. He released an immediate popular success. In 1948, he published the critically acclaimed story 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' in The New Yorker, his subsequent home magazine. Reared in city of New York, Salinger began short stories in secondary school and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. He published his last original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980. People well know this author for his reclusive nature. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield especially influenced adolescent re Works, most notably novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), of American writer Jerome David Salinger often concern troubled, sensitive adolescents. Works, most notably novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), of American writer Jerome David Salinger often concern troubled, sensitive adolescents.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger