Franny and Zooey - A
J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey is actually two stories surrounding the same circumstance. The first, much shorter, part of the book begins with Franny Glass and the events that lead up to her nervous breakdown. The second part of the book is told through the eyes of, Zooey Glass. Franny has moved back home, and Zooey continues with the story of her breakdown through his eyes.
J.D. Salinger has four published books and wrote several short stories for the New Yorker. Most of his work is about the Glass family. Franny and Zooey make several references to Seymour, the oldest child in the Glass family. He committed suicide several years before the book takes place. The story of Seymour's suicide is in another story called, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, found in J.D. Salinger's book, Nine Stories (a collection of short stories). I would recommend reading, A Perfect Day for Bananafish (16 pages) before reading Franny and Zooey. But it is not absolutely necessary.
If you loved The Catcher in the Rye, you will love Franny and Zooey. It has very much the same style of writing, and same type of colorful characters. I love pretty much all of J.D. Salinger's work. It has a really good story, but still had me laughing my head off in a couple of places.
J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey is actually two stories surrounding the same circumstance. The first, much shorter, part of the book begins with Franny Glass and the events that lead up to her nervous breakdown. The second part of the book is told through the eyes of, Zooey Glass. Franny has moved back home, and Zooey continues with the story of her breakdown through his eyes.
J.D. Salinger has four published books and wrote several short stories for the New Yorker. Most of his work is about the Glass family. Franny and Zooey make several references to Seymour, the oldest child in the Glass family. He committed suicide several years before the book takes place. The story of Seymour's suicide is in another story called, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, found in J.D. Salinger's book, Nine Stories (a collection of short stories). I would recommend reading, A Perfect Day for Bananafish (16 pages) before reading Franny and Zooey. But it is not absolutely necessary.
If you loved The Catcher in the Rye, you will love Franny and Zooey. It has very much the same style of writing, and same type of colorful characters. I love pretty much all of J.D. Salinger's work. It has a really good story, but still had me laughing my head off in a couple of places.
Franny and Zooey is on the top 1001 books to read before you die, and the top 100 of century list.
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