Editing Franny and Zooey (section)

{{Short description|1961 novel by J. D. Salinger}}
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{{infobox book
| name = Franny and Zooey
| image = Frannyzoey.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = 1961 hardcover
| author = [[J. D. Salinger]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = 
| published = 1961 [[Little, Brown and Company|Little, Brown]]
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 201 
| isbn = 0-316-76954-1
| isbn_note = (hc)
| oclc= 68569936
| preceded_by = [[Nine Stories (Salinger)|Nine Stories]]
| followed_by = [[Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction]]
}}
'''''Franny ''and'' Zooey''''' is a book by American author [[J. D. Salinger]] which comprises his short story <!-- NOTE: Short story in quotation marks, longer work in italics -->"Franny" and novella ''Zooey'' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|z|oʊ|.|iː}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2010/02/10/franny_and_who_ey.html |title=Franny and Who-ey? |last=Busis |first=Hillary |date=February 10, 2010 |website=Slate |publisher=The Slate Group}}</ref> The two works were published together as a book in 1961, having originally appeared in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' in 1955 and 1957 respectively. The book focuses on siblings Franny and Zooey, the two youngest members of the [[Glass family]], which was a frequent focus of Salinger's writings.

''Franny'' tells the story of Franny Glass, Zooey's sister, a college student.  The story takes place in an unnamed college town during Franny's weekend visit to her boyfriend Lane. Disenchanted with the selfishness and inauthenticity she perceives all around her, she aims to escape it through spiritual means.

''Zooey'' is set shortly after the events of ''Franny'' in the Glass family apartment in New York City's [[Upper East Side]]. While actor Zooey's younger sister Franny suffers a spiritual and existential breakdown in their parents' [[Manhattan]] living room, leaving their mother Bessie deeply concerned, Zooey comes to Franny's aid, offering what he thinks is brotherly love, understanding, and words of sage advice.
[[File:J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg|thumb|1961 illustration of [[J.D. Salinger]] from ''[[TIME]]'' magazine]]