Manhattan's Babe

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Manhattan's Babe
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Manhattan's Babe (French: Oona et Salinger, lit. 'Oona and Salinger') is a 2014 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder. It is about the failed romance between the young Oona O'Neill and J. D. Salinger.

Plot

Oona O'Neill is the daughter of the playwright Eugene O'Neill and an it girl in New York. In 1940, when she is 15 years old, she visits the Stork Club where she meets the short story writer Jerry Salinger who immediately falls in love with her. They flirt during the night, but Oona is quickly tired of him and moves on, and Jerry is soon drafted into the military. Oona begins a career as a Hollywood actress and meets Charlie Chaplin, who seduces her and marries her in 1943, when she is 18 and he 54. Hearing about this, Jerry is filled with jealousy and bitterness.[1]

Reception

Jérôme Dupuis of

Eric Chevillard of Le Monde criticised the degree to which Beigbeder made the story about himself and wrote that "Salinger, Chaplin & Me" would have been a more fitting title.[2] Kirkus Reviews highlighted the part about World War II and described Beigbeder's writing as cinematic, calling it "romantic, analytical, sometimes excessively cute".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Dupuis, Jérôme (25 August 2014). "Oona, Salinger et Frédéric Beigbeder". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. Chevillard, Eric (13 August 2014). "Frédéric & Beigbeder". Le Monde
    (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Manhattan's Babe". Kirkus Reviews. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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