Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes

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"Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" is a short story by J.D. Salinger that explores themes of infidelity, insecurity, and self-deception through a late-night phone call between two men.

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Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes canonical 2

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instanceOf short story ⓘ
author J. D. Salinger ⓘ
centralEvent late-night phone call between two men ⓘ
collectionAuthor J. D. Salinger ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1951 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The New Yorker ⓘ
focusesOn emotional insecurity ⓘ
marital infidelity ⓘ
self-deceptive rationalization ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasDialogueBetween Lee and his colleague ⓘ
includedIn Nine Stories ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod postwar American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Joan’s husband ⓘ
Lee ⓘ
narrativeForm dialogue-driven narrative ⓘ
originalPublisher The New Yorker ⓘ
partOfBibliographyOf J. D. Salinger ⓘ
primarySetting New York City apartment ⓘ
primaryTime late night ⓘ
style minimalist dialogue ⓘ
realist ⓘ
theme infidelity ⓘ
insecurity ⓘ
self-deception ⓘ
tone ambiguous ⓘ
intimate ⓘ

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Nine Stories → hasStory → Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes ⓘ
Glass family saga → includesWork → Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes ⓘ