The two works were published together as a book in 1961, having originally appeared in The New Yorker in 19 respectively. Salinger which comprises his short story "Franny" and novella Zooey / ˈ z oʊ. Although all this is offscreen and never directly referred to, we can see that their friendship has progressed and grown closer, and chances are they have continued talking on the phone in secret.Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introductionįranny and Zooey is a book by American author J. Unsatisfied with her boyfriend, Rory is enjoying her secret phone calls with Jess, which are on a different level to the conversations she has with Dean, and leave her smiling at the end. This might be a hint of what Rory and Jess’ nascent relationship is like. When the phone call ends, Franny lies on the bed and smiles. When Franny is at a particularly low point, Zooey is able to get through to her by secretly talking to her on the telephone, and giving her some words of wisdom. (Later on, they do end up related to each other).įranny does have a boyfriend in the book, but they don’t have much in common, and he doesn’t seem capable of understanding her (the boyfriend is named Lane!).
Perhaps he is trying to tell Lorelai that he and Rory have an intellectual brother-sister relationship. Jess seems to have been careful to choose a non-romantic book, as Franny and Zooey are siblings who talk about philosophy together.
The book was a strong influence on the 2001 film, The Royal Tenebaums, which had only been out a few months before this episode aired. Franny and Zooey was very popular, spending 26 weeks at the top of the New York Times Fiction Best-Seller’s List, but received mixed reviews from critics. The Glass children all get college educations by winning a radio quiz show.īoth stories reflect Salinger’s interest in Eastern mysticism, particularly Zen Buddhism and Hindu Advaita Vedanta, as well as Eastern Orthodox Christian spirituality. They were a large family of highly precocious children, the offspring of two vaudeville performers in New York City, the father an Australian Jew, the mother Irish. The book focuses on Frances (“Franny”) and her brother Zachary (“Zooey”), the youngest members of the Glass family, who frequently appeared in Salinger’s short stories. Salinger, comprising his 1955 short story, “Franny”, and his 1957 novella, Zooey, both originally published in The New Yorker. JESS: No, I was looking at Rory’s books … I wanted to see if she had Franny and Zooey.
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