Abstract
The Way of a Pilgrim first appeared in English translation a couple of generations ago and was an immediate hit. Purporting to be the work of an anonymous peasant, just educated enough to know his letters, it tells of his adventures and encounters as he wanders the breadth of the Russian Empire in the mid-nineteenth century, saying the "Jesus Prayer" and praising its benefits to whomever will listen. Its fresh, seemingly artless and fervent advocacy of the prayer excited interest in European and American readers which was strong enough to provoke a response from the American novelist, J. D. Salinger, who turned the pilgrim's story into an occasion for a perceptive analysis of spiritual delusion in the novel, Franny and Zoey. To the best of my knowledge, Salinger's novel marks the unique appearance of Eastern Christian spirituality in mainstream American literature.
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