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Salinger's family life was further marked by discord after his first child was born; according to Margaret's book, Claire felt that her daughter had replaced her in Salinger's affections. [93] The infant Margaret was sick much of the time, but Salinger, having embraced Christian Science, refused to take her to a doctor. [ 94 ]
The Glass family is a fictional family appearing in several of J. D. Salinger's short fictions. All but one of the Glass family stories were first published in The New Yorker. They appear in the short story collections Nine Stories, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction and Franny and Zooey.
Salinger was born February 13, 1960, in Windsor, Vermont, the son of author J. D. Salinger and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas. [1] [2] Salinger's maternal grandfather was British art critic Robert Langton Douglas. [3] He has a sister, Margaret Salinger. [4] [5] His father was of paternal Lithuanian-Jewish descent. [6] [7] [8]
An upcoming exhibit at the New York Public Library will offer a look into the very private life of J.D. Salinger. From Oct. 18 to Jan 20, 2020, the library will show materials ranging from family ...
Franny and Zooey is a book by American author J. D. Salinger which comprises his short story "Franny" and novella Zooey / ˈ z oʊ. iː /. [1] The two works were published together as a book in 1961, having originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957 respectively.
In spring 1972, Maynard and Salinger exchanged letters during her freshman year at Yale. By July, Maynard had given up her summer job writing for The New York Times to move in with Salinger in Cornish, New Hampshire. [8] [2] Salinger and his wife had divorced in 1967. By September 1972, Maynard had given up her scholarship to Yale and dropped out.
As tributes flow in for J.D Salinger, who died Wednesday, so do whispers about one of the greatest mysteries of Salinger's strange career: Why did the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye ...
"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in the January 31, 1948, issue of The New Yorker.It was anthologized in 1949's 55 Short Stories from the New Yorker, as well as in Salinger's 1953 collection Nine Stories.