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Summary: Please Clarify!!
Review: I read this book for the first time when I was 14 at my father's behest. I loved it then as much as I do now. That first time, I fell in love with Zooey, and like another reviewer here, wanted to be a part of the Glass family. I still do. That is why I am attempting to put together all of the Glass family stories in chronological order so that a clearer picture can be gained. I believe that these stories are Salinger's best work. BUT COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHERE ANYONE GOT THE IDEA THAT FRANNY IS PREGNANT????????? If someone knows where that idea came from, please clarify; personally, I don't believe it is in there, and perhaps the reviewer who says she is missed the entire theme and purpose of the work. That review would turn me away from a work that truly deserves to be read. It is not, as that review implies, a cheap look at a todry girl and her semi-annoying brother. I would re-evaluate that synopsis.
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Summary: Is Holden Dead?
Review: C'mon--this book stinks. It could be so good but is so phony in its "depth" that it becomes unreal and unbelievable. It's just more junk from Salinger's post-Catcher in the Rye insanity.
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Summary: The Spirit and the Body
Review: Contrary to your helpful guide, this is a book about a young woman at a moment of spiritual crisis -- not someone in college who finds herself pregnant! This notion has been making the rounds since the story was first published in The New Yorker, in 1955. The first section of the book gives us a fairly objective view of Franny Glass and her life. The second section, thornier and more complex, puts her in the context of a complicated and demanding family, and we can fairly see her crisis in the making. Please reconsider how you present this book to the novice reader
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Summary: Zooey Glass: World's Greatest Religious Scholar
Review: When my younger sister was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she wrote and asked me what in my fifty years of life I had learned of God. The best I had to offer was my 30-year old copy of Franny and Zooey. Ten years later, I am delighted to report that my sister is surviving still, as is the greatest book ever written about Jesus' relevance to modern man, in spite of idiotic reviews like the one published by Amazon (promoting?) this classic.
After having read Franny at least twenty times over the years, I have just been advised by Amazon's reviewer that the poor girl was pregnant. Jesus and the Fat Lady help us! If you're going to review a book, at least read it! Forgive them J.D. - they know not what they do.
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Summary: whoever wrote the review for a.com is a moron.
Review: I appreciate amazon. com's effort to give brief reviews of books so that people may browse, and find something that catches their fancy. What I don't like is the obvious fact that whoever wrote this reviewer obviously never read the book. At best they might have skimmed it. First thing, Franny is not pregnant. Her physical illness is a manafestation of her spiritual crisis. also she's not worried about her friends becoming housewives. Lastly, Zooey is not there simply to pester Franny. The book is just a wee bit deeper than that. Salinger is analyzing the form of function of religion, and also connecting it to the family structure, Zooey's comment about Franny not recognizing a bowl of "consecrated" chicken soup is one of the cornerstones of the novel. Jesus, or what ever spiritual entity you choose to identify with, in Salinger's opinion, is not just some abstract being sitting on high, looking down at us without caring. Instead, as one of the quotes on Seymour and Buddy's door says, "I move not without thy knowledge." The Zooey story is one of the most important religious/philisophical works of the second half of the twentieth century. It ranks with Camus' The Plague as some of the best descriptions of the human condition. To trivialize it the way that the amazon.com review is a shame for fans of the book. More importantly, it might deny others the chance of discovering this boo
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Summary: My all-time favorite book
Review: Perhaps I related to Franny at the time of my first reading. Subsequently, I have read it several times primarily for the humor. The bathroom scene between Zooey and his mother never fails to make me laugh. Reading this book is akin to listening to beautiful music or looking at a spectacular sunset because of the range of emotions felt and thoughts explored. I love the Glass family for the intelligence, love, laughter and suffering they shared. I wanted to be a part of that family; find a Zooey and marry him. As a smoker, the fact that all of them have a cigarette dangling from their lips at every waking moment gives us something in common. Now I must read again soon to determine how I've missed the fact that Franny was pregnant. This will take some convincing. This is a book that I encourage everyone to read and have given out many copies. I have to admit, the majority of people have found it kind of weird and do not understand my fascination with J.D. or this book. Oh but, buddy, the Fat Lady does and that's enough for me
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Summary: Yeah, its Good, but
Review: ..I gotta admit, I felt like slugging both Franny and Zooey in the face. Extensive self-analysis is gods way of telling you that you have too much money
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Summary: Subtle but profound.
Review: I read most of Salinger's works, and I find it hard to decidewhich one is the best, Catcher in the Rye or Franny and Zooey. Frannyand Zooey is about the religion of people. Religion in the sense of understanding the purpose of our existence, why we live and what or whom we live for. Franny exemplifies one who is searching for meaning in her life, one who refrains from the world she sees because of its superficiality. Zooey, on the other hand, experienced this inner struggle before and had come to a deeper understanding of what life is about and how to live this life. The dialogue between Franny and Zooey is amazing, which only demonstrates Salinger's insight on human existence. Zooey helps Franny to come to an understanding not by preaching but by relating to her in a way that she can understand, namely the Fat Lady in their childhood. The story offers an answer to why we should find what we do best and fulfill that potential. To live the fullest is to be religious. Salinger implies that each person has this religion within. One only needs to discover and understand.
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Summary: Franny's Pregnant????!!!!!!
Review: This is one hell of a book, filled with mysticism and the human heart and the toll that our little worlds take upon each other. But I better read the thing again because nowhere in the book do I see that she's pregnant. She gets sick in there but I only remember it ending with Zooey's fat lady speech which was beautiful. I never thought I would have that much sympathy for rich beautiful intelligent wunderkinds, but I didn't see anywhere that she was pregnant
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Summary: Do you know who the Fat Lady really is?
Review: If you are a philosopher at heart and immensely interested
in the human psyche, then this book is integral for thought.
I am not just writing this because I am fascinated by J.D.
Salinger, rather these two stories explore religion,
pyschology, the bonds among family members, and the
everpresent quest for a unique vision of life.
"Franny" is the story of a troubled philosophical girl who
is struggling to reconcile her thoughts on her world purpose
and the conventions of daily existence. "Zooey" is the confident
older brother who understands many things that his sister does
not. These stories, especially "Zooey" have humor, sadness,
cynicism, and joy. For anyone who is always questioning
and looking for an answer, Salinger speaks to that
questioning voice and offers his own idea of who the Fat Lady
really is.
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