Franny and Zooey
by J.D. Salinger
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Author: J.D. SalingerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-01-30
ISBN: 0316769029
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: Angsty, conversational family drama
Summary: 5 Stars
Franny and Zooey are two seprate but inter-linked novellas focussing on the lives of two membes of Salinger's pet Glass family (about whom he's written a number of short stories, including Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour:An Introduction), and in particular the mental breakdown of Franny. Centering on conversations between the characters and not featuring a great deal of action - although Zooey does take a bath during his section - these gems are nonetheless extraordinary in their power and literary virtuosity. Franny is torturing herself at Princeton and has a smug over-achiever for a boyfriend. She turns to a book about a proslytising Russian peasant to help her and the descriptions of her subsequent decline into muttering religious basket-case are compelling. Her return to New York is the cue for Zooey, her actor brother, to appear and start being all smoky and cynical and for them all, including their eccentric old-Vaudevillian mother, to talk in the patented Salinger New Yorkese at great length. Brother Buddy intrudes through a letter and the ghost of Seymour, the oldest brother (who kills himself in A Perfect Day for Bananfish, included in the 'For Esme' collection) haunts their discussions of Franny's fate. An arch, knowing and alarmingly brief masterpiece.
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