{"product_id":"nine-stories","title":"Nine Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years after the Second World War, J. D. Salinger published nine short stories as a book, among them the first appearance of his Glass family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNine stories by J. D. Salinger, first published as a collection by Little, Brown in 1953\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes \"A Perfect Day for Bananafish,\" \"The Laughing Man\" and \"Teddy\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome stories deal with the aftermath of war, grief and death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 320 pages, Little, Brown, 2018 edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories move between Manhattan apartments, Connecticut living rooms, a Florida beach hotel and wartime England. Salinger's characters are often children and young adults, and the adults around them are frequently worn down by war, marriage or disappointment. The dialogue is quick and funny, and the stories keep their weight under the surface of ordinary conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition presents the stories as Salinger collected them. It suits readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/em\u003e who want the shorter fiction, readers of the classic American short story, and anyone meeting the Glass family for the first time. \u003cem\u003eNine Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is where Salinger's children first began to talk back to the adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ. D. Salinger (1919–2010) was born in New York City and died in Cornish, New Hampshire. The New Yorker published many of his stories, and his four books of fiction, all from 1951 to 1963, are \u003cem\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNine Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFranny and Zooey\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRaise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48026736197781,"sku":"NEW-ING-031645074X","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/upload-1789784961444.jpg?v=1789784963","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/nine-stories","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}