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Nine Stories
Author: Salinger J. D.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Category: Book

Buy Used: £0.98





Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 reviews
Sales Rank: 1873645

Media: Mass Market Paperback

ISBN: 0553205129
EAN: 9780553205121
ASIN: 0553205129

Publication Date: February 1, 1982
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Bantam Books; 1982; Mass Market Paperback; Fair with no dust jacket

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3 out of 5 stars A pretty good read   August 31, 1999
 0 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book was alright but a lot of people dont seem to understand that in Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes that the guys wife is cheating on him with the friend that hes talking to on the phone. Shes the girl on the bed. See, the irony is that this poor guys been bleeding out his heart to his friend and his friend is sleeping with his wife.Thats why he wont let him come over to talk and why he is surprised when the guy calls back again and tells him that his wife came home.The poor guy is either very seriously deluding himself or he just wants to keep on pretending that everything is ok and he resents himself for spilling his feelings out to someone so hes going to try and repress them again. That was a good story but it wasnt half as good as a Perfect Day for Bananna Fish


5 out of 5 stars a good book   August 7, 1999
 0 out of 5 found this review helpful

this is a pretty good book. the best stories are "a great day for banna fish" and "Teddy". "For esme: with love and squaler" is also very good. "down at the dinghy" and "mr. Damuer smiths blue period" are also ok. each story is very passionate and really makes you think. I read "a great day for bannafish 3 times again right after i read it the first at 1:00 in the morning. all in all its very good, even if your not a big salinger fan.


5 out of 5 stars Of commanding artistry   August 1, 1999
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

"Bananafish," "For Esme," "Down at the Dinghy," and "Teddy" are among the finest American short stories ever written. Each is a thoroughly haunting and compelling snapshot of what it means to be human. To be sure, Franny and Zooey is as unfinished without "Bananafish" as Salinger is himself without this book. Soon destined to surpass Fitzgerald and Hemingway-perhaps even Twain-as the greatest of American storytellers, Salinger, here, is at the top of his game.


5 out of 5 stars this is the best book I ever read   July 19, 1999
 0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I just like it very much, that`s all.


4 out of 5 stars Good book, too depressing for me   June 9, 1999
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I completely agree with the reader who wrote his review on May 1. But I can't stand melancholy for very long. I enjoy reading for having fun, use my imagination, not for being hurted. I try to avoid depressive stories, songs, whatever.

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