The Varioni Brothers
"The Varioni Brothers" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, first published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 17, 1943. Joe Varioni is a sensitive artist whose attempts at writing the "Great American Novel" are thwarted by the manipulations of his brother Sonny who forces him to write music instead of his book. Salinger had hoped that this story would be made into a movie, but was not. Salinger was scornful of this story and hid the fact that it was analogous of the duality of his own nature. However, he resurrected portions of this story in later works - primarily through the characters of Seymour and Buddy Glass.
References
- Paul Levine, "J. D. Salinger: The Development of the Misfit Hero", Twentieth Century Literature 4 (1958) 92-99
External links
| Works by J. D. Salinger | |
|---|---|
| Novels | The Catcher in the Rye (1951) |
| Short story collections | Nine Stories (1953) • Franny and Zooey (1961) • Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963) |
| Short stories | "Blue Melody" • "Both Parties Concerned" • "A Boy in France" • "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" • "Down at the Dinghy" • "For Esmé with Love and Squalor" • "Go See Eddie" • "The Hang of It" • "Hapworth 16, 1924" • "The Heart of a Broken Story" • "I'm Crazy" • "Just Before the War with the Eskimos" • "Last Day of the Last Furlough" • "The Laughing Man" • "The Long Debut of Lois Taggett" • "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls" • "Once a Week Won't Kill You" • "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" • "Personal Notes of an Infantryman" • "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" • "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction" • "Slight Rebellion off Madison" • "Soft-Boiled Sergeant" • "Teddy" • "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" • "The Varioni Brothers" • "The Young Folks" |
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