Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
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"Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" is a short story by J.D. Salinger that explores themes of infidelity, insecurity, and self-deception through a late-night phone call between two men.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | late-night phone call between two men ⓘ |
| collectionAuthor | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emotional insecurity
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marital infidelity ⓘ self-deceptive rationalization ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| hasDialogueBetween | Lee and his colleague ⓘ |
| includedIn | Nine Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Joan’s husband
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Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | dialogue-driven narrative ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfBibliographyOf | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySetting | New York City apartment ⓘ |
| primaryTime | late night GENERATED ⓘ |
| style |
minimalist dialogue
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realist ⓘ |
| theme |
infidelity
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insecurity ⓘ self-deception ⓘ |
| tone |
ambiguous
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intimate ⓘ |
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