Just Before the War with the Eskimos

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Just Before the War with the Eskimos is a short story by J.D. Salinger that explores themes of alienation and unexpected human connection through the tense encounter between a teenage girl and her friend's troubled brother.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author J. D. Salinger ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1953 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1948 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The New Yorker ⓘ
genre literary realism ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasAuthor J. D. Salinger ⓘ
hasCharacter Franklin Graff ⓘ
Ginnie Mannox ⓘ
Selena Graff ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasLength short story length ⓘ
hasProtagonist Ginnie Mannox ⓘ
hasTheme alienation ⓘ
emotional vulnerability ⓘ
interpersonal tension ⓘ
unexpected human connection ⓘ
includedInCollection Nine Stories ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar American fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Franklin Graff ⓘ
Ginnie Mannox ⓘ
Selena Graff ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
partOf J. D. Salinger bibliography ⓘ
publicationType magazine publication ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
publisherOfFirstMagazinePublication The New Yorker ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme adolescence ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
communication ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
unexpected human connection ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century ⓘ

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Nine Stories → hasStory → Just Before the War with the Eskimos ⓘ
Glass family saga → includesWork → Just Before the War with the Eskimos ⓘ