(B) Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger, 1953) Grade: B+The death of J.D. Salinger renewed my interest in his work, of which I have only read Catcher in the Rye, and that was years ago. I didn't know Salinger had only four published books; for some reason, I thought he had more. Well, perhaps his unpublished stories will one day be released to the public. Of the nine stories, my favorite was "For Esme--With Love and Squalor." It really depicted the affects of war on the main character.
All his stories that were in the New Yorker are online. Just go to Wikipedia to get a complete list then do a google search, some website has all of them.
ReplyDeleteNine Stories is great. Read Franny and Zooey. In Nine Stories I loved 'A Perfect Day For Bananafish' and 'Teddy'.
For Esme got a lot of acclaim.