Just Before the War with the Eskimos
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Just Before the War with the Eskimos is a short story by J.D. Salinger that explores themes of alienation and unexpected human connection through the tense encounter between a teenage girl and her friend's troubled brother.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary realism
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short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Franklin Graff
NERFINISHED
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Ginnie Mannox NERFINISHED ⓘ Selena Graff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLength | short story length ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Ginnie Mannox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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emotional vulnerability ⓘ interpersonal tension ⓘ unexpected human connection ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Nine Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Franklin Graff
NERFINISHED
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Ginnie Mannox NERFINISHED ⓘ Selena Graff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | J. D. Salinger bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstMagazinePublication | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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alienation ⓘ communication ⓘ isolation ⓘ unexpected human connection ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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