Nine Stories
The original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including A Perfect Day for Bananafish and the first appearance of Salinger's fictional Glass family.
Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, Nine Stories sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories:
Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, Nine Stories sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories:
- A Perfect Day for Bananafish
- Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
- Just Before the War with the Eskimos
- The Laughing Man
- Down at the Dinghy
- For Esmé--with Love and Squalor
- Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
- De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period
- Teddy
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This was an interesting little book of stories. I enjoyed them all and went out on the Interwebz to read a little more about them. Salinger, obviously, is a great writer and short stories are some of the hardest to tackle, I think, because you have to capture the audience quickly and leave them satisfied with the story in just a few pages.
A Perfect Day for Bananafish is the opening story and, at first, seems very frivolous and materialistic. Near...read more
A Perfect Day for Bananafish is the opening story and, at first, seems very frivolous and materialistic. Near...read more
The dark but always satirical Salinger makes seemingly small moments feel like nostalgic photographs as you read through these tales. Common themes of the treatment of children, alcoholism, and fear of death run throughout each of these stories. Even the stories that were not a home run for me impressed me beyond belief for their complexity and attention to detail.
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