{"product_id":"nine-stories","title":"Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful\" short fiction (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including \"A Perfect Day for Bananafish\" and the first appearance of Salinger's fictional Glass family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, \u003ci\u003eNine Stories\u003c\/i\u003e sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Perfect Day for Bananafish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncle Wiggily in Connecticut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust Before the War with the Eskimos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Laughing Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDown at the Dinghy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor Esmé--with Love and Squalor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePretty Mouth and Green My Eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe Daumier-Smith's Blue Period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeddy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...there are passages and phrases in Salinger that will stay with me forever; he is one of those rare writers whose work can actually be called \"life-changing.\"\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJarvis Cocker, singer and musician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He has an enormous cultural importance - you basically can't write about anyone between the ages of five and 35 without accidentally referencing Salinger.\"\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Safran Foer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNine Stories\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e[was] the transformative experience of my life\"\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnick, writer and essayist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The most perfectly balanced collection of stories I know... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book I've gone back to at different moments in my life, and I always find something new. I've passionately loved different stories at different times, first 'Teddy, ' later 'For Esmé--with Love and Squalor.' I could list all of them.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eParade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"J. D. Salinger's writing is original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful. Here are nine of his stories, and one further reason that they are so interesting, and so powerful seen all together, is that they are paradoxes. From the outside, they are often very funny: inside they are about heartbreak, and convey it; they can do this because they are pure...What this reader loves about Mr. Salinger's stories is that they honor what is unique and precious in each person on earth. Their author has the courage--it is more like the earned right and privilege--to experiment at the risk of not being understood. Best of all, he has a loving heart.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEudora Welty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. D. Salinger \u003c\/strong\u003ewas 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Between 1951 and 1963 he produced four book-length works of fiction: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFranny and Zooey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour--An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The books have been embraced and celebrated throughout the world and have been credited with instilling in many a lifelong love of reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45955959357626,"sku":"9780316450744","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_4b4945b7-3f58-4414-a338-31c45e0ca464.jpg?v=1780725747","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/nine-stories","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}