Nine Stories

Nine Stories (1953) is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger released in May 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories.) The stories are:
Read article at Wikipedia

Author:

Date of first publication:

  • May 1, 1953

Genre:

Editions:

Written Work

Author

J. D. Salinger

Jerome David "J. D." Salinger ( /ˈsælɪndʒər/ SAL-in-jər; January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author, best known for his only novel, The Catcher in the Rye (1951), and his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980. Raised in...

Subjects:

View Subjects written about in Nine Stories »

Original language:

← Previous Book

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for... …

Date of first publication: Jul 16, 1951
Next Book →

Franny and Zooey

Franny and Zooey is a book by American author J.D. Salinger which comprises his short story "Franny" and novella Zooey. The two works were published.. …

Date of first publication: 1961
top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims is a collection of twelve short stories by American author Elizabeth Gilbert. It was named a New York Times Notable Book, won a Pushcart Prize, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Several stories from the collection were staged at the Greenwich Street Theater in March and April...

  • A Personal Record

    A Personal Record is an autobiographical work (or "fragment of biography") by Joseph Conrad, published in 1912. It has also been published under the titles A Personal Record: Some Reminiscences and Some Reminiscences. Notoriously unreliable and digressive in structure, it is nonetheless the...

  • The Catcher in the Rye

    The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage confusion, angst, alienation, and rebellion. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. Around 250,000...

  • Island of the Blue Dolphins

    Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960 American children's novel written by Scott O'Dell. The story of a young girl stranded for years on an island off the California coast, it is based on the true story of Juana Maria, a Nicoleño Indian left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island in the 19th...

  • Franny and Zooey

    Franny and Zooey is a book by American author J.D. Salinger which comprises his short story "Franny" and novella Zooey. The two works were published together as a book in 1961; the two stories originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957, respectively. Franny and Zooey, a sister and...

  • Nonconformity

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution »