The author writes: FRANNY came out in The New Yorker in 1955, and was swiftly followed, in 1957 by ZOOEY. Both stories are early, critical entries in a narrative series I'm doing about a family of settlers in twentieth-century New York,...

A young and ambitious writer named Jerome David Salinger set his goals very high very early in his career. He almost desperately wished to publish his early stories in The New Yorker magazine, the pinnacle, he felt, of America's literary...

A collection of nine classic Salinger short stories. von Salinger, J. D.

For use in schools and libraries only. In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, 16-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City. von Salinger, J. D.

Franny Glass is a pretty, effervescent college student on a date with her intellectually confident boyfriend, Lane. They appear to be the perfect couple, but as they struggle to communicate with each other about the things they really...

Buddy Glass is the second-eldest son in the eccentric and enchanting Glass family. He is on leave from the army during World War II, attending the wedding of his eldest brother, Seymour. But the wedding is not a happy one: it is overcast...

Offers a collection of two novellas. von Salinger, J. D.

"The Catcher in the Rye" ist ein Roman von J.D. Salinger, der die Geschichte des sechzehnjährigen Holden Caulfield erzählt. Nachdem er aus einer elitären Privatschule geflogen ist, streift Holden drei Tage lang durch New York City. Er...

A Note from the Author: The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker - RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS in 1955, SEYMOUR - An Introduction in 1959. Whatever their differences in mood or effect, they are both...

In honour of the centennial of the birth of J. D. Salinger in 1919, Penguin reissues all four of his books in beautiful commemorative hardback editions - with artwork and text based on the very first Salinger editions published in the...

Salinger's classic collection of short stories is now available in trade paperback. von Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye von Salinger, J. D.