Franny and Zooey -- J. D. Salinger, Paperback

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.


Author: J. D. Salinger
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 01/30/2001
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.23w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780316769020

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 66222 / Franny and Zooey


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 11/20/2015 pg. 118

About the Author
J. D. Salinger was born in New York City on January 1, 1919, and died in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 27, 2010. His stories appeared in many magazines, most notably The New Yorker. Between 1951 and 1963 he produced four book-length works of fiction: The Catcher in the Rye; Nine Stories; Franny and Zooey; and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour--An Introduction. The books have been embraced and celebrated throughout the world and have been credited with instilling in many a lifelong love of reading.