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Title: Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger ISBN: 0-316-76950-9 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.54 (121 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Nine Stories, Four Stars
Comment: This was a great book, J.D. Salinger has written my two favorite stories to read, and I'm not even a reader. The storys are: Catcher in the Rye, and Nine Stories. Nine Stories reminds me of his unique style which involves a lot of conversational writing and not very much narrating. I think that this is a great way of writing, because it is more in depth, and takes more ability to describe each character without much narration, and that's what I like about his work. He makes fiction stories that fit the lives of many people and the stories he writes aren't really too far-fetched. He is a very smart writer although he does curse every five or six words, but, that aside, his books are really intreaguing and I would encourage everyone who is, maybe, having a bad day, is sick and tired of watching tv, or even has some free time on their hands to pick up one of his books and read it, cover to cover. Though Catcher in the Rye is, in my opinion, a better book, I think that they are both good reads and are very much worth giving up watching tv for a day or to.
Rating: 5
Summary: Extraordinary Short Fiction
Comment: This book is essential if (a) you've ever read Salinger, and (b) if you love short fiction. These tales brought him to the top of my list of favorite short story writers. He is able to paint exquisite pictures of people with their words and mannerismns, often needing little else to move story's narrative. What I particularly enjoy is his occaisional touch of humorous irony that is sometimes reminiscant of John Collier (known more as a poet than short story writer, many of his stories turned up on ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and some even on TWILIGHT ZONE). Salinger, for the most part, provides much stronger endings than are popular with today's slice-of-life short fiction. They are often surprising and always thought-provoking. I may be old fashioned, but I believe this is how short stories should be written--and it's how I try to write mine.
Rating: 5
Summary: Extraordinary virtuosity
Comment: Nine Stories is....well..nine stories. But these stories are hardly anything but mere stories. These short stories are so eminently delightful that you will NOT want the book to end. I tried to string it out by only reading one per day. Easier said than done.
"I like to chew candles," she said finally.
"Who doesn't?" said the young man, getting his feet wet.
Seemingly simple and mundane goings-on such as the above from A Perfect Day for a Bananafish are amazingly transformed by Salinger in what is nothing short of ineffable alchemy. I enjoyed Nine Stories just as, if not more than, Franny & Zooey and Catcher. I found the rarely mentioned Just Before the War With the Eskimos especially scintillating -- perhaps people are overlooking the profundity of this one in the midst of such other prodigious tales. Enjoy.
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Title: Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger ISBN: 0316769495 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J. D. Salinger ISBN: 0316769517 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ISBN: 0316769487 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 0440180295 Publisher: Dell Publishing Pub. Date: 03 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: With Love and Squalor: 14 Writers Respond to the Work of J.D. Salinger by Kip Kotzen, Thomas Beller ISBN: 076790799X Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 16 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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