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Rating: - The Bedside Salinger!

To all those people who went: 'wow!' when they gave their eyes the gift of 'Catcher in the Rye', this book is a must! It is the perfect item to join the lamp, the alarm clock and the glass of water on the bedside table and can be the highlight of your journey home on the bus every evening. I myself, a 17 year old, British Salinger fan who wishes that New York was nearer, would go as far to say that 'Bananafish' is a classic. The ending shocked me and made me think 'Thank God for J.D!'. If you are a fan of Salinger's then take advantage of Amazon and buy this Goddam piece of history.

(P.S. If you think I am being over-the-top about all of this, just get the book and then apologise).

Rating: - Who says it is an arm?

Stop this! This instant! Stop. Stop. Just listen to him. Stop commenting. You all prove his points. Don't you see? Stop the misguided glorification. Stop the petulant bickering. Stop it. Vomit up the apple. That is the message in this book. We all wake up when we die, right? So stop it. Please. Jerome David Salinger is not Christ. Seymore is not Christ. Buddy is not saying they are. But they see Christ in everyone. The fat lady, remember? Shine your shoes for the fat lady.

Rating: - A reader and an apple eater

The bookend stories were the best. But Salinger is certainly not the American Borges as some have claimed. John Cheever, Richard Yates, Sherwood Anderson; these were great short story writers. The attraction is to read these stories for some hints about the Glass family. I find something disturbing about this family or more on target, the reaction of readers to the Glass family. Seymour could clip his toenails and readers would find in this activity some symbolic comment on The Eight Fold Path or, perhaps, the essence of Zen in the manner Seymour tosses the clippings into an ashtray. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sometimes you don't like a story because it's weak and not because you missed the East-Salinger Symbolism.

I found it amusing that all nine stories repeatedly used cigarettes as plot propellants. Was J. D. under grant from Lucky Strikes? Whenever Salinger wants you to know he's about to be prophetic he uses a cigarette as a harbinger of the coming epiphany. His characters handle cigarettes, smoke them, and move ashtrays about and, on two occasions, even handle the contents of the ashtrays. A cigarette can be a great prop, but not for nine straight stories.

Rating: - THE BEST OF SALINGER

I love this collection of short stories even better than "Catcher" - they are so varied. Of course, "Bananafish" - so sweet and off the wall - is my favorite, but the others are great. "The Laughing Man" will make you cry and "De-Daumier-Smith" is a hoot! I've read these stories over and over - my copy is falling apart. If you liked "Catcher", you'll love "Nine Stories"!

Rating: - An Amazing Reflection on the Human Condition

Salinger's Nine Stories provoke an amazing, insightful debate inside one's own mind about the nature of humanity. The imagery and symbolic connections play an important role in this thought provoking masterpiece. I would suggest this book to anyone who wishes to persue the basic idea of existence.

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