Franny and Zooey - J. D. Salinger

Franny and Zooey

Author: J. D. Salinger


  • Publication Date: 2019-08-13
  • Category: Classics
4 Score: 4
(From 113 Ratings)

Summary

"Perhaps the best book by the foremost stylist of his generation" (New York Times), J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey collects two works of fiction about the Glass family originally published in The New Yorker.

"Everything everybody does is so--I don't know--not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and--sad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you're conforming just as much only in a different way."

A novel in two halves, Franny and Zooey brilliantly captures the emotional strains and traumas of entering adulthood. It is a gleaming example of the wit, precision, and poignancy that have made J. D. Salinger one of America's most beloved writers.

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  • Good

    5
    By Sarahmik03201
    Good
  • Bad!

    1
    By Reubens
    Boring to death and absurd! Catcher in the Rye was a lot better.
  • Great Book

    5
    By Jair Eugenio
    The language and word choice of the author throughout this marvelous, fantastic, complicated book was exceptional. Franny poses as a really creative and questionable character, then Zooey comes in as a more sarcastic prideful one. Great dynamic and awesome long and detail filled conversations.
  • Franny and Zooey

    1
    By derwood9
    This is only the beginning of the book. Stole this one from my high school in paperback. Don’t know where the rest of it is on this site but I’m sad that I paid for only part of it.
  • Great fun story

    5
    By chezfe's
    Maybe I don’t get it? I found this story utterly delightful with some pretty darn good humor.
  • My favorite book

    5
    By freddie ballgame
    How to have Faith in the modern world. Heart breaking

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