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Nine Stories (1953) is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories.)
The stories are:
"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"
The stories are:
"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"
302 pages, Paperback
First published April 6,1953
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302 pages, Paperback
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January 30, 2001 by Little, Brown and Company
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9780316767729
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0316767727
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English
Characters More characters
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Seymour Glass
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About the author
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Works, most notably novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), of American writer Jerome David Salinger often concern troubled, sensitive adolescents.
People well know this author for his reclusive nature. He published his last original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980. Reared in city of New York, Salinger began short stories in secondary school and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1948, he published the critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in The New Yorker, his subsequent home magazine. He released an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield especially influenced adolescent readers. Widely read and controversial, sells a quarter-million copies a year.
The success led to public attention and scrutiny: reclusive, he published new work less frequently. He followed with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953), of a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey (1961), and a collection of two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924", appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965.
Afterward, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton. In the late 1990s, Joyce Maynard, a close ex-lover, and Margaret Salinger, his daughter, wrote and released his memoirs. In 1996, a small publisher announced a deal with Salinger to publish "Hapworth 16, 1924" in book form, but the ensuing publicity indefinitely delayed the release.
Another writer used one of his characters, resulting in copyright infringement; he filed a lawsuit against this writer and afterward made headlines around the globe in June 2009. Salinger died of natural causes at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire.
People well know this author for his reclusive nature. He published his last original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980. Reared in city of New York, Salinger began short stories in secondary school and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War II. In 1948, he published the critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in The New Yorker, his subsequent home magazine. He released an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield especially influenced adolescent readers. Widely read and controversial, sells a quarter-million copies a year.
The success led to public attention and scrutiny: reclusive, he published new work less frequently. He followed with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953), of a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey (1961), and a collection of two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924", appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965.
Afterward, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton. In the late 1990s, Joyce Maynard, a close ex-lover, and Margaret Salinger, his daughter, wrote and released his memoirs. In 1996, a small publisher announced a deal with Salinger to publish "Hapworth 16, 1924" in book form, but the ensuing publicity indefinitely delayed the release.
Another writer used one of his characters, resulting in copyright infringement; he filed a lawsuit against this writer and afterward made headlines around the globe in June 2009. Salinger died of natural causes at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire.
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3.5 Stars
Some stories were amazing, like the first story and that ending of it.. written so calmly that it shocks.
Some were good and some just felt dated
Some stories were amazing, like the first story and that ending of it.. written so calmly that it shocks.
Some were good and some just felt dated
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Am ales această carte după ce am văzut aici, pe Goodreads, că este apreciată, cu argumente și am zis sa dau și eu o șansă, mai ales că nu am citit nimic de la acest autor.
Mi-au plăcut toate povestirile, dar mai ales ultima, "Teddy", mult diferite de celelalte 8 sau poate este o apreciere superficială. Lectura a curs ușor. Nu știu dacă este cazul sa îl compar pe Salinger cu cineva, citind doar câteva povestiri nu-mi pot permite asta și poate că ar fi util să mă detașez din a compara mereu. Primele povestiri le-am perceput ca făcând parte dintr o zona a absurdului, superbe. Este clar că cine poate manevra absurdul bine este un scriitor experimentat, un gânditor.
Mi-a plăcut. Recomand!
Mi-au plăcut toate povestirile, dar mai ales ultima, "Teddy", mult diferite de celelalte 8 sau poate este o apreciere superficială. Lectura a curs ușor. Nu știu dacă este cazul sa îl compar pe Salinger cu cineva, citind doar câteva povestiri nu-mi pot permite asta și poate că ar fi util să mă detașez din a compara mereu. Primele povestiri le-am perceput ca făcând parte dintr o zona a absurdului, superbe. Este clar că cine poate manevra absurdul bine este un scriitor experimentat, un gânditor.
Mi-a plăcut. Recomand!
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Like many people, my first exposure to Salinger was Catcher in the Rye discussed in a high school class with unenthusiastic students. I remember the book polarizing the class, and I was firmly on the side of our boy Holden Caulfield being an overall turd and obnoxious narrator. Looking back on that experience, I felt like I had missed out on enjoying some part of important literature. When I came across Nine Stories in a Michael Chabon novel, I decided to dip my toes back into Salinger's limited catalogue.
Nine Stories, then, was a decidedly more enjoyable experience than my previous educational exposure. These stories have the feeling of a low-budget indie movie: cracks are showing along the masks that Salinger's characters present to the world and you wonder if they will crumble. The opening story, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, seems quite standard until the final line left me stunned with its cool delivery of personal collapse. Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut and Just Before the War With the Eskimos present interesting female leads who seem to be wrestling with their place in the world and their very nature.
Salinger uses dialogue throughout Nine Stories to convey heaps of information. His portrayal of characters is sparse and you'll find physical descriptions largely absent from these stories. In perhaps my favourite (and definitely the funniest!) of the collection, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, the entire story is conveyed over a phone call between two gentleman, one of whom is stark-raving drunk. In the aforementioned A Perfect Day for Bananafish, the opening dialogue that at first seems so disconnected from the second half of the story is brought into relief by its closing lines.
Much like my foray into Alice Munro's short stories, I found Nine Stories to be a bit of a mixed bag. Some of the stories in this collection were stunning--Teddy is up there with some of the coolest I've read this year--while others failed to keep me excited to keep going. Such is the gamble with a short story collection: you might not like every story! All the same, there's more in here that I appreciate than dislike, and my dislike is only minor. These stories didn't all blow me away as much as some other collections I've read this year, but they're still pretty damned good.
I waffled between a three and four star rating on this one, and am going to go with a strong three, but very close to four. I'd recommend this short collection for anyone looking to take down a classic or reevaluate their opinion of Salinger!
Nine Stories, then, was a decidedly more enjoyable experience than my previous educational exposure. These stories have the feeling of a low-budget indie movie: cracks are showing along the masks that Salinger's characters present to the world and you wonder if they will crumble. The opening story, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, seems quite standard until the final line left me stunned with its cool delivery of personal collapse. Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut and Just Before the War With the Eskimos present interesting female leads who seem to be wrestling with their place in the world and their very nature.
Salinger uses dialogue throughout Nine Stories to convey heaps of information. His portrayal of characters is sparse and you'll find physical descriptions largely absent from these stories. In perhaps my favourite (and definitely the funniest!) of the collection, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, the entire story is conveyed over a phone call between two gentleman, one of whom is stark-raving drunk. In the aforementioned A Perfect Day for Bananafish, the opening dialogue that at first seems so disconnected from the second half of the story is brought into relief by its closing lines.
Much like my foray into Alice Munro's short stories, I found Nine Stories to be a bit of a mixed bag. Some of the stories in this collection were stunning--Teddy is up there with some of the coolest I've read this year--while others failed to keep me excited to keep going. Such is the gamble with a short story collection: you might not like every story! All the same, there's more in here that I appreciate than dislike, and my dislike is only minor. These stories didn't all blow me away as much as some other collections I've read this year, but they're still pretty damned good.
I waffled between a three and four star rating on this one, and am going to go with a strong three, but very close to four. I'd recommend this short collection for anyone looking to take down a classic or reevaluate their opinion of Salinger!
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A poignant and impactful short story about the trauma and psychological impact of war that unfolds through the memories of an American World War II veteran, recounting a chance encounter between him and a precocious young girl who made an impact on him, Esmé. It leaves the reader to ponder on the essence of human connection, love, loss and power of a fleeting moment, in the backdrop of conflict.
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CON AMORE E SQUALLORE
Che meraviglia questi nove racconti !! Come ha detto qualcuno, forse costituiscono l’opera migliore di JD Salinger, meglio del Giovane Holden.
Per lo stile, sicuramente: dialoghi costruiti perfettamente, eleganza, precisione, concisione che punta ad esaltare anche il non detto lasciando spazio alla nostra immaginazione, titoli che non si dimenticano.
E per i contenuti che si snodano e intrecciano nelle nove prove e tracciano un filo rosso, da seguire come in un romanzo. Emozionante in tante parti, divertente in diversi passaggi, movimentato e sorprendente talvolta.
JDS scrive il giovane Holden nelle pause della II guerra mondiale
JDS partecipò alla seconda guerra mondiale, sbarcò a Utah beach nel D Day, avanzò di battaglia in battaglia per la liberazione dell'Europa, fino a Monaco ed al campo di sterminio di Dachau. Soffrì di stress post traumatico. Le due vette dei 9 racconti, Un giorno ideale per i pescibanana e Per Esmé: con amore e squallore poggiano su questa sua esperienza. E sono bellissimi.
Oona O'Neill fu il grande amore di JDS, destinataria delle sue lettere dal fronte; ad un certo punto le lettere non trovarono più risposta. Oona aveva sposato Charlie Chaplin. Bella bocca e occhi miei verdi è la storia di un tradimento, anche un po' di quello subito da JDS.
Oona O'Neill e Charlie Chaplin
JDS è di padre ebreo come Lionel, il bimbo protagonista di Giù al dinghy che, sconvolto da una frase antisemita diretta contro il padre, ritroverà la serinità grazie alle cure amorevoli della madre.
L'incanto della fanciullezza la ritroviamo nè L'Uomo Ghignante, la squadra di baseball ed un racconto (nel racconto) fantastico ricreano la magia di quel periodo della nostra vita.
Le difficoltà e conflittualità dell'adolescenza sono invece al centro di Alla vigilia della guerra contro gli Eschimesi.
Il "rifugio" di Salinger in New Hampshire dopo il ritiro dalla scena pubblica
Il dialogo spettacolare di Lo zio Wiggily nel Connecticut tra due ex compagne di college ci riporta con malinconia ai sogni e amori dell'adolescenza in contrapposizione impietosa alla realtà attuale.
Le aspirazioni artistiche e qualche esperienza mistica le troviamo in Il periodo Blu di De Daumier-Smith, dove il nostro è impegnato in un'improbabile scuola d'arte per corrispondenza condotta da due coniugi giapponesi in quel di Montreal.
Teddy è un altro dei ragazzi speciali di JDS e ci porterà verso la trascendenza spirituale e le religioni orientali, una risposta diversa, la stessa che sperimenterà per una vita l'autore, rispetto a quella originata dai pescibanana, chiudendo così il cerchio di queste nove storie.
Swami Nikhilananda, monaco induista, fondatore del Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, Manhattan, New York, maestro spirituale di vedanta-yoga di Salinger.
Che meraviglia questi nove racconti !! Come ha detto qualcuno, forse costituiscono l’opera migliore di JD Salinger, meglio del Giovane Holden.
Per lo stile, sicuramente: dialoghi costruiti perfettamente, eleganza, precisione, concisione che punta ad esaltare anche il non detto lasciando spazio alla nostra immaginazione, titoli che non si dimenticano.
E per i contenuti che si snodano e intrecciano nelle nove prove e tracciano un filo rosso, da seguire come in un romanzo. Emozionante in tante parti, divertente in diversi passaggi, movimentato e sorprendente talvolta.
JDS scrive il giovane Holden nelle pause della II guerra mondiale
JDS partecipò alla seconda guerra mondiale, sbarcò a Utah beach nel D Day, avanzò di battaglia in battaglia per la liberazione dell'Europa, fino a Monaco ed al campo di sterminio di Dachau. Soffrì di stress post traumatico. Le due vette dei 9 racconti, Un giorno ideale per i pescibanana e Per Esmé: con amore e squallore poggiano su questa sua esperienza. E sono bellissimi.
Oona O'Neill fu il grande amore di JDS, destinataria delle sue lettere dal fronte; ad un certo punto le lettere non trovarono più risposta. Oona aveva sposato Charlie Chaplin. Bella bocca e occhi miei verdi è la storia di un tradimento, anche un po' di quello subito da JDS.
Oona O'Neill e Charlie Chaplin
JDS è di padre ebreo come Lionel, il bimbo protagonista di Giù al dinghy che, sconvolto da una frase antisemita diretta contro il padre, ritroverà la serinità grazie alle cure amorevoli della madre.
L'incanto della fanciullezza la ritroviamo nè L'Uomo Ghignante, la squadra di baseball ed un racconto (nel racconto) fantastico ricreano la magia di quel periodo della nostra vita.
Le difficoltà e conflittualità dell'adolescenza sono invece al centro di Alla vigilia della guerra contro gli Eschimesi.
Il "rifugio" di Salinger in New Hampshire dopo il ritiro dalla scena pubblica
Il dialogo spettacolare di Lo zio Wiggily nel Connecticut tra due ex compagne di college ci riporta con malinconia ai sogni e amori dell'adolescenza in contrapposizione impietosa alla realtà attuale.
Le aspirazioni artistiche e qualche esperienza mistica le troviamo in Il periodo Blu di De Daumier-Smith, dove il nostro è impegnato in un'improbabile scuola d'arte per corrispondenza condotta da due coniugi giapponesi in quel di Montreal.
Teddy è un altro dei ragazzi speciali di JDS e ci porterà verso la trascendenza spirituale e le religioni orientali, una risposta diversa, la stessa che sperimenterà per una vita l'autore, rispetto a quella originata dai pescibanana, chiudendo così il cerchio di queste nove storie.
Swami Nikhilananda, monaco induista, fondatore del Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, Manhattan, New York, maestro spirituale di vedanta-yoga di Salinger.
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Pur affascinato dalla sua vita e dallo stile che, probabilmente più di ogni altro autore io abbia letto (forse solo Joyce fa eccezione), sa riprodurre fedelmente l'atmosfera di un dialogo, non ho mai avito un buon rapporto con Salinger, pur avendo tentato più approcci. Devo dire che i racconti, al contrario, mi hanno piacevolmente stupito, soprattutto per la loro capacità di nascondere solitudine e aspetti tragici oltre una patina di serenità e felicità più apparenti che reali (una critica al sogno americano borghese, forse?). Tuttavia non posso ancora dirmi veramente conquistato da quest'autore. Tanta qualità, ma non riesce a far vibrare le mie corde nascoste. De gustibus...
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This is as good of a short story collection that one could hope to find. Salinger was a heck of a writer, certainly well known for his classic, The Catcher in the Rye, but there is much more out there, like this little jewel for example. I give this 5 stars on the strength of two stories alone, but they all were good. The two stories I mention are A Perfect Day for Bananafish, and For Esme - With Love And Squalor. Both have themes involving troubled soldiers returning from World War II. Salinger's experiences in the war certainly influenced his writing, and may have been partly responsible for his reclusiveness for the last 45 years of his life.
Update: September 2017 is the release of the movie "Rebel in The Rye", which is based on the autobiography J.D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski. I look forward to reading the book and seeing the movie to learn more about this interesting man.
Update: September 2017 is the release of the movie "Rebel in The Rye", which is based on the autobiography J.D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski. I look forward to reading the book and seeing the movie to learn more about this interesting man.
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