A classic writer, a writer of mysteries—who, at the height of his career, announced his withdrawal from literature and settled far from worldly temptations in a remote American backwater. Salinger’s books became a turning point in the history of world literature and became a staple for many generations of young rebels—from the Beatniks and hippies to today’s radical youth movements. “Raise High the Roof-Beams, Carpenters” and the novella closely connected to it, “Seymour: An Introduction,” are undisputed masterpieces of the writer’s prose. Along with the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” and other works by Salinger, they rank among the world’s bestsellers.