Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

Franny and Zooey is two interrelated stories by J.D. Salinger, which were originally published in The New Yorker and then published in book form in 1961. The stories concern Franny and Zooey Glass, two members of the family that was the subject of most of Salinger's short fiction.

Thursday, September 16, 7:00 p.m.

Upcoming Titles

October 21, 7:00 p.m. Portrait of the Artist, James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is Joyce’s semi-autobiographical novel. It depicts the formative years in the life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and a pointed allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology, Daedalus. The novel traces the intellectual and religious and philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to question and rebel against the Catholic and Irish conventions in which he has been raised.

November 18, 7:00 p.m. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Written in 1931, Huxley’s story shows a futuristic World State where all emotion, love, art, and human individual-ity have been replaced by social stability. An ominous warning to the world's population, this literary classic is a must-read.

There will be no meeting in December.

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