Franny and Zooey
~ J. D. Salinger
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xenex
~ 32-year-old man in Fishkill, NY
Franny and Zooey
“This is one of those books I need to reread at least once a year to remind myself to live compassionately and mindfully.”
Typo
~ 35-year-old man in Los Angeles, CA
Franny and Zooey
“yeah, i know, who doesn't think it's cool to love salinger. be it as it may, i love salinger! i love zooey's obsession with the...”
Kafka on the Shore
“with dreaming comes responsibility! like all murakami, this book enveloped me wholly and took me away to strange and alluring...”
joecat128
~ 25-year-old woman in Seattle, WA
Franny and Zooey
“favorite, probably.”
Nine Stories
“The night I read this when I was 14 is still one of my most vivid memories, read in one fell swoop and then went for a run at 2...”
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Sep 30, 2010, 3:44 AM
XineZ, a 26-year-old woman in Brooklyn
“Aaaaand, I just realized that the Tenenbaums were loosely based on the Glass family and that I had just read that somewhere. Not an original opinion at all. I feel like kind of an asshole, sorry!”
Oct 9, 2010, 2:41 PM
Olivia, a 56-year-old woman in Deland
“This brought back memories as it was a required read in a college course that I took while attending Salem College majoring in communications. I just remember that I liked the book and Salinger's style....complicated people, but we are, aren't we?? No matter how many people tell me they are not complicated, the more they say they are not, they are.... :) A very good read.”
Sep 30, 2010, 3:40 AM
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XineZ, a 26-year-old woman in Brooklyn
“That's an interesting point, I had a similar reaction in that I like how it's a critique of that sort of entitlement, except I still love that they are Special Beautiful (and kind of awful) People. They're like a literary Royal Tenenbaums. Maybe you're right though, and you have to be a certain age to connect with it, god knows I don't feel the same way about Catcher in the Rye as I did at sixteen. Maybe that's a Salinger thing?”