Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
57 used & new from CDN$ 0.01
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Nine Stories
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Nine Stories (Mass Market Paperback)

by J.D. Salinger (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (127 customer reviews)
Price: CDN$ 8.50 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

Only 4 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Ordering for Christmas? To ensure delivery by December 24 to Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal, choose Express at checkout. Read more about holiday shipping.

27 new from CDN$ 0.01 30 used from CDN$ 0.47

Frequently Bought Together

Nine Stories + Franny and Zooey + Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
Total List Price: CDN$ 32.50
Price For All Three: CDN$ 28.32

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

  • Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

  • Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Franny and Zooey

Franny and Zooey

by J.D. Salinger
4.3 out of 5 stars (186)  CDN$ 11.32
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

by J.D. Salinger
4.1 out of 5 stars (59)  CDN$ 8.50
The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger
4.2 out of 5 stars (2,322)  CDN$ 8.50
Independent People

Independent People

by Halldor Laxness
4.7 out of 5 stars (54)  CDN$ 14.56
Little Scarlet

Little Scarlet

by Walter Mosley
4.3 out of 5 stars (9)  CDN$ 11.32
› Explore similar items

Product Details

Product Description

From Amazon.com

In the J.D. Salinger benchmark "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," Seymour Glass floats his beach mate Sybil on a raft and tells her about these creatures' tragic flaw. Though they seem normal, if one swims into a hole filled with bananas, it will overeat until it's too fat to escape. Meanwhile, Seymour's wife, Muriel, is back at their Florida hotel, assuring her mother not to worry--Seymour hasn't lost control. Mention of a book he sent her from Germany and several references to his psychiatrist lead the reader to believe that World War II has undone him.

The war hangs over these wry stories of loss and occasionally unsuppressed rage. Salinger's children are fragile, odd, hypersmart, whereas his grown-ups (even the materially content) seem beaten down by circumstances--some neurasthenic, others (often female) deeply unsympathetic. The greatest piece in this disturbing book may be "The Laughing Man," which starts out as a man's recollection of the pleasures of storytelling and ends with the intersection between adult need and childish innocence. The narrator remembers how, at nine, he and his fellow Comanches would be picked up each afternoon by the Chief--a Staten Island law student paid to keep them busy. At the end of each day, the Chief winds them down with the saga of a hideously deformed, gentle, world-class criminal. With his stalwart companions, which include "a glib timber wolf" and "a lovable dwarf," the Laughing Man regularly crosses the Paris-China border in order to avoid capture by "the internationally famous detective" Marcel Dufarge and his daughter, "an exquisite girl, though something of a transvestite." The masked hero's luck comes to an end on the same day that things go awry between the Chief and his girlfriend, hardly a coincidence. "A few minutes later, when I stepped out of the Chief's bus, the first thing I chanced to see was a piece of red tissue paper flapping in the wind against the base of a lamppost. It looked like someone's poppy-petal mask. I arrived home with my teeth chattering uncontrollably and was told to go straight to bed."



Product Description

Stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, The Laughing Man, Down at the Dinghy, For Esme -- With Love and Squalor, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, and Teddy.
See all Product Description

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item?

Nine Stories
81% buy the item featured on this page:
Nine Stories 4.6 out of 5 stars (127)
CDN$ 8.50
Franny and Zooey
8% buy
Franny and Zooey 4.3 out of 5 stars (186)
CDN$ 11.32
The Catcher in the Rye
6% buy
The Catcher in the Rye 4.2 out of 5 stars (2,322)
CDN$ 8.50
Post Office: A Novel
3% buy
Post Office: A Novel 4.4 out of 5 stars (81)
CDN$ 12.40
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

127 Reviews
5 star:
 (93)
4 star:
 (23)
3 star:
 (5)
2 star:
 (3)
1 star:
 (3)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.6 out of 5 stars (127 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most helpful customer reviews

 
5.0 out of 5 stars Minor but still worth the trip, Sep 12 2009
By Saro (Montreal, QC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nine Stories (School & Library Binding)
Nine Stories has all the undertones of that classic Salinger off-beat, retro stamp and it is often overshadowed by Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey despite being a small masterpiece in its own right, but I was apprehensive about picking up the short story collection all the same. It is rather silly to hold on to a writers more established and acclaimed work and not venture out to slightly unchartered territory specially when this reader realized that it was not quite unchartered territory for her after all.

Moreover, it feels strange to revisit Salingers unique world not merely because his eclectic turns of phrases and marginalized characters make the reader yearn for the yesteryear and a world gone by, but it is also an odd contrast to modern literature and life. Salingers oddball, somewhat hostile, and always beautifully vulnerable gang struggling in a pedantic and square world have an immense cultural significance. Indeed, the Rockwellian undertones of Salingers pen feels slightly uncomfortable to todays discerning viewer. In this day and age, intimate friendships and conversations between precocious children and adult men are seen as unnatural if not immediate cause for alarm which is a poor, poor reflection of our society and its crumbling mores. Salinger understands and treats young adults with dignity and serious aplomb which is quite bittersweet and worth revisiting if only to reclaim our own displaced sense of wonder and childlike innocence.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars A page-turner, Aug 20 2005
By Piervy Sto (Derby, UK) - See all my reviews
Nine Stories kept me turning pages all night through. It is an enjoyable collection to read. Salinger emerged as witty, penetrating, humurous and very knowing. He is a fresh breath of to short story writing.Short stories by Chekhov, The Usurper and Other Stories, Runaway,Union Moujik stand on my shelves as fine and hilarious short story collections to read
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite story is in this, April 18 2005
By "superkhy" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
As with any collection of short stories, the quality will vary, so there's really no point in pointing that out (although I think I just did?).

Anyways, if you're a fan of J.D. Salinger's other works, and not just 'Catcher in the Rye', you'll probably love this.

All the characters introduced in these stories are very Salinger, in their great intelligence and wit.

I would get this book just for the stories "Teddy" (which is my personal favourite story ever) and "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes". Damned beautiful works.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 		 Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Short and sweet
A great, great, great collection of stories---each and every one is a gem! I was reminded of Jackson McCrae's CHILDREN'S CORNER or possibly the Munro collection RUNAWAY----the... Read more
Published on April 15 2005 by Buzzy Haroldson

4.0 out of 5 stars For the reader - with love and squalor
If this book was only twenty-something pages long and the only story was the genius short "For Esme - With Love and Squalor" it would be worth having to pay for... Read more
Published on Mar 8 2005 by Daniel

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the best
Forget CATCHER IN THE RYE. Yes, it's a classic, but NINE SHORT STORIES, along with RAISE HIGH THE ROOFBEAM are really Salinger's best writings. Read more
Published on Nov 13 2004 by Bebe Miller

5.0 out of 5 stars an Enthralling piece of art
Salinger's short stories are subtle, intense, and deeply contemplative. After finishing one of these stories, the reader is forced to sit and think for awhile about what they've... Read more
Published on Jul 19 2004 by S. Keough

5.0 out of 5 stars Please enter a title for your review . . .
God. Where to start. This is one of my favorite books in the entire world. Even more so than "Catcher. Read more
Published on Jun 21 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary virtuosity
Nine Stories is....well..nine stories. But these stories are hardly anything but mere stories. These short stories are so eminently delightful that you will NOT want the book to... Read more
Published on May 17 2004 by Chris Salzer

4.0 out of 5 stars Nine Stories, Four Stars
This was a great book, J.D. Salinger has written my two favorite stories to read, and I'm not even a reader. The storys are: Catcher in the Rye, and Nine Stories. Read more
Published on May 8 2004 by Aaron Hilton

5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks Pamela!
I have yet to read this book by Salinger, but the terrific analysis and insight provided by Pamela Blake is greatly appreciated and sure to be helpful in guiding me through... Read more
Published on Feb 7 2004 by Thugg Dogg

4.0 out of 5 stars We're all entitled to our opinion.
I actually feel that all of Salinger's work in thematically repetitious, but not lacking in talent. Is my opinion worth more because I spelled it right? Read more
Published on Jan 26 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars 9 from a master
This is a very, very good collection of stories. Salinger is a master of writing about people and their minds, and illuminating many small but important nuances of human... Read more
Published on Dec 12 2003 by Josiah Drewry

Only search this product's reviews


Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject















i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.