Definition von catcher in the rye im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
a book by J.D. Salinger about a boy called Holden Caulfield who runs away from school and goes to New York. The book has been especially popular with young people because it describes the problems and experiences of adolescence (=the time when a child is developing into an adult)
{i} novel by J. D. Salinger (published in 1951 for the 1st time in the USA) about Holden Caulfield who flees his prep school in Pennsylvania hides in New York City protesting strongly against adult insincerity while attempting to lose his innocence