por: J. D. Salinger
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140237528
Edition: Revised
ISBN: 0140237526
Etiqueta: Penguin Books
Fabricante: Penguin Books
Cantidad de Medios: 1
Número de Páginas: 144
Fecha de Publicación: 1998-10
Editor: Penguin Books
Estudio: Penguin Books
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The author writes: Franny came out in The New Yorker
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- Great transaction.This was a smooth and easy transaction. The book was in perfect condition and I received it promptly.
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- What's it all about, Alphie?I picked this one up expecting to love it. And, at times I did. I thought the deep philosophical questions were great and it was wonderful to read an author who clearly is thinking deeply...Somehow, though, it was very hard for me to remain engaged completely. Frankly, I've never had such a short book feel so long.
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- Marvelous!This little book packs quite a big punch of witty descriptions and thought-provoking dialogue in a succinct but moving religiously themed novel.
Not much happens plot-wise throughout the 200 or so pages of "Franny and Zooey." Instead, the book is set on a foundation of a few excellent character interactions: first between Franny, a college student, and her boyfriend; then between Zooey, Franny's older brother, and their mother; and finally between Franny and Zooey. I simply love the way Salinger paints his characters and their surroundings: he's perfectly precise when he has to be, but skillfully indeterminate the rest of the time, allowing the reader to actively engage the book by creating a visual and audio picture of what is going on.
While the book is religiously involved, it is absolutely accessible to non-religious people. In fact, Salinger does an excellent job of incorporating religions from all corners of the world in "Franny and Zooey," making this novel ... Leer Más
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- Franny and ZooeyI had the opportunity to read "Franny and Zooey" for a book group following upon the death of J.D. Salinger (1919 -2010). I had read "Catcher in the Rye" and this book as well, as I remember, late in high school but had not revisited the author since then.
I was struck by the religious, spiritual themes of the book, especially its involvement with Eastern religion and with mysticism. My interest in Buddhism has increased in recent years as I have become older. Salinger's books, which appealed to young people many years ago, seem to have aged with the time.
The book includes two short interrelated stories written a few years apart, "Franny" (1955) and "Zooey" (1957), which were published in book form in 1961. The two are the youngest children of the Glass family that Salinger created. Franny is 20 and her brother Zooey 25. There were seven Glass children, all of whom were intellectual and child prodigies who appeared, over the course of nearly 20 years, on a radio ... Leer Más
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- the mental agonyI think this book speaks about the mental agony of the two characters--exceptionally intellectual, raised in extraordinarily cerebral upbringing--when they are faced with the schism between their intellectual and spiritual ideals. Franny chooses obssessive recitation of "Jesus Prayer" and her nervous breakdown seems the result of this split (Schzophrenic) between these two very important worlds in her life. Zooey, on the other hand, decides to choose what appears to be more functional (at least superficially) way to manage this agony, however, clearly without satisfaction. I didn't really like this book because of too much similarity to The Catcher in the Rye, but with less discipline in writing and the plot.
