Literary Fiction
Dive into the wit and wonders of literary giants like Salinger and Nabokov in this dazzling 1950s New Yorker anthology.
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Dive into the wit and wonders of literary giants like Salinger and Nabokov in this dazzling 1950s New Yorker anthology.
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Includes stories by Vladimir Nabokov, V.S. Pritchett, J.D. Salinger, John Updike, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Tennessee Williams, Mary McCarthy, Roald Dahl, Dorothy Parker, Nadine Gordimer, Eudora Welty, and John Cheever, among others.
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Multiple stories depict romantic relationships and sexual encounters with moderate detail.
Violence & gore
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Isolated scenes of violence or death appear in a few stories.
Profanity
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Mild profanity consistent with mid-century literary standards.
Substance use
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Alcohol consumption depicted across several stories as part of social settings.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Subtle or implied queer themes surface in isolated narratives.
Religious content
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Occasional religious references or rituals in individual stories.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources
Political content
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Social class, cultural norms, and postwar American life examined throughout.
Self-harm / suicide
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Psychological distress and one implied suicide reference appear.
Abuse & suffering
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Emotional trauma, family dysfunction, and personal suffering recur.
Other
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