The Catcher in the Rye | Related Titles/Adaptations
Salinger's other important books, all of which were published after The Catcher in the Rye, deal with a more extensive family than Holden's: the Glass family. But these works can all be viewed as more sophisticated, philosophical explorations of the concerns and themes first raised in The Catcher in the Rye. In Nine Stories, Salinger introduces the Glass family and suggests the profound spiritual disillusionment of Western artists that resulted from the Great Depression and World War II. Franny and Zooey describes the youngest members of this family and...
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