ISBN: 0316459984 9780316459983

Category: Fiction / Classics

Page count: 320

<b>The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>) 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.</b><b><br></b><b><br></b>Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, <i>Nine Stories</i> sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories:<ul><li>A Perfect Day for Bananafish</li><li>Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut</li><li>Just Before the War with the Eskimos</li><li>The Laughing Man</li><li>Down at the Dinghy</li><li>For Esmé--with Love and Squalor</li><li>Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes</li><li>De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period</li><li>Teddy</li></ul>