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Summary

The novel "Oona & Salinger" by Frédéric Beigbeder tells the true love story between Jerome David Salinger, the future author of the famous novel "The Catcher in the Rye," and Oona O'Neill, the daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Set in the 1940s in New York, the young Salinger meets Oona, and a romance blossoms between them. However, World War II and life's circumstances separate them. Oona moves to Hollywood, where she becomes an actress and marries Charlie Chaplin. Salinger, having endured the horrors of war, returns to America and continues his writing career, but memories of Oona remain with him forever. The book explores themes of love, loss, and the impact of the past on the present.