Franny and Zooey

School & Library Binding, 202 pages

English language

Published Oct. 6, 1999 by Tandem Library.

OCLC Number:
23807221

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4 stars (1 review)

Meet Franny and her younger brother, Zooey, in two Salinger stories.

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4 stars

These are the kind of mental circles one goes in when they don't appreciate the hard-earned simple wisdom of the saccharine and sentimental. I say that not to dismiss what's here but just to make clear that I have a fundamental disconnect with the struggle described, especially as someone whose religious interest has never been particularly theistic. I moved past the feeling that people are self-interested fakes with no real insight into the world young enough that I never really tried to build intellectual and spiritual supports around that feeling, yknow what I mean? If there was one thing being a young kid exposed to 4chan early actually did for me, it was shuffling me through that stage much earlier than I would have otherwise.

That said, I really love the alternate approach to that mindset we get. Rather than exploring what drives the emotions which create its immature form …

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  • New York (City)
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Fiction
  • Classics
  • Short Stories (single author)