Frankie and zooey5/30/2023 ![]() Franny and Zooey was very popular, spending 26 weeks at the top of the New York Times Fiction Best-Seller’s List, but received mixed reviews from critics. The Glass children all get college educations by winning a radio quiz show.īoth stories reflect Salinger’s interest in Eastern mysticism, particularly Zen Buddhism and Hindu Advaita Vedanta, as well as Eastern Orthodox Christian spirituality. ![]() They were a large family of highly precocious children, the offspring of two vaudeville performers in New York City, the father an Australian Jew, the mother Irish. The book focuses on Frances (“Franny”) and her brother Zachary (“Zooey”), the youngest members of the Glass family, who frequently appeared in Salinger’s short stories. ![]() Salinger, comprising his 1955 short story, “Franny”, and his 1957 novella, Zooey, both originally published in The New Yorker. JESS: No, I was looking at Rory’s books … I wanted to see if she had Franny and Zooey. ![]()
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