The original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful short fiction (New
York Times Book Review) 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.
Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the
twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, Nine
Stories sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will
passed down for many generations to come. The stories:
- A Perfect Day for Bananafish
- Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
- Just Before the War with the Eskimos
- The Laughing Man
- Down at the Dinghy
- For Esmé--with Love and Squalor
- Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
- De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period
- Teddy