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Replaying Adolescence: Temporality and Recurrence in Life is Strange and The Catcher in the Rye

By: Gavin Davies  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2025-0023 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 250 - 273
Published on: Dec 8, 2025
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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