Glass family saga

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fictional cycle of stories literary series

The Glass family saga is J.D. Salinger’s interconnected cycle of stories and novellas about the intellectually gifted but troubled Glass siblings, exploring themes of spirituality, alienation, and family.

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instanceOf fictional cycle of stories ⓘ
literary series ⓘ
author J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresRelationship parent–child dynamics ⓘ
sibling bonds ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bessie Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boo Boo Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buddy Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franny Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Les Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seymour Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waker Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walt Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Webb Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zooey Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresFictionalFamily Glass family NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance A Perfect Day for Bananafish NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationVenue The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn emotional and spiritual crises ⓘ
intellectually gifted siblings ⓘ
hasTheme alienation ⓘ
fame and performance ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
grief ⓘ
intellectual precocity ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
psychological breakdown ⓘ
religious seeking ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
includesWork A Perfect Day for Bananafish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Down at the Dinghy NERFINISHED ⓘ
For Esmé—with Love and Squalor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franny NERFINISHED ⓘ
Just Before the War with the Eskimos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seymour: An Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Teddy NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Laughing Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zooey NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm novella ⓘ
short story ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar American literature ⓘ
narratedByCharacter Buddy Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacterTrait precocious intelligence of the Glass children ⓘ
spiritual restlessness of the Glass siblings ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
timePeriodOfPublication mid-20th century ⓘ

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Franny and Zooey → partOfSeries → Glass family saga ⓘ
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction → literarySeries → Glass family saga ⓘ