In a new translation by Eike Schönfeld: J.D. Salinger's stories Franny and Zooey. J.D. Salinger is one of the great American storytellers of the 20th century. He became famous not only for the novel The Catcher in the Rye, but also for the stories about the New York Glass family, including Franny and Zooey and their siblings. These stories are both sad and funny at the same time, deeply touching. Franny and Zooey are the two youngest of the seven Glass children, who all participated in the radio quiz "Kluges Kind" for twenty years, until 1943, achieving great success. The show made them stars but also became a burden for their later lives. In the story "Franny," the heroine is twenty and visits her boyfriend Lane for the weekend at college. However, the meeting does not go as planned. Franny suffers a nervous breakdown because she is struggling with life and.