Article: Salinger's Nine Stories: fifty years later.(J. D. Salinger)(Critical Essay)

Fifty years ago, J. D. Salinger published Nine Stories, his second book and arguably the highpoint of his foreshortened publishing career. Nine Stories was the best-selling collection that introduced and killed Seymour Glass--the brooding figure that gave rise to the Glass family dynasty, the fictional subject that held Salinger's attention until he stopped publishing in 1965. It was with this book that Salinger's art and life intersected best, where his Zen interests coalesced with his emerging themes, where he gave new life to the American short story. Not since Hemingway's In Our Time had a collection of stories so raised the bar on the form, creating characters and ...

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