One of my all-time favorite books to teach is the Zooey side of JD Salinger’s “Franny and Zooey.” Without giving too much away for those who haven’t read this wonderful novel(a), the end has one of the most stunning, beautiful conversations about Jesus I’ve come across in literature.
That JD Salinger’s recent death has folks waxing poetic about not only his most famous work, “The Catcher in the Rye” but his other, lesser known short stories and books like “Franny and Zooey” has been a joy. I, too, gleefully anticipate that Salinger has another few unpublished manuscripts sitting around that some time soon we will finally get to read.
For anyone interested in a smart analysis of the spiritual and religious dimensions of Salinger’s work, this article is a must.