Nine Stories

This collection brings together nine short stories about children and adults confronting grief, loneliness, misunderstanding, and the aftermath of war. Its settings include American homes and holiday resorts as well as wartime England. The stories include A Perfect Day for Bananafish, For Esmé with Love and Squalor, and Teddy. Several introduce members of the Glass family, whose lives also appear in Salinger's other fiction.

by J. D. Salinger

Hamish Hamilton Ltd · First published 1953 · 215 pages