J.D. Salinger: Three early short stories are released by Devault-Graves Agency
Three stories by Salinger printed in 1940s magazines have now been collected into print, e-book, and audio format. Devault-Graves Agency co-founder Tom Graves says it's the first time a Salinger work has legally appeared in electronic format.
'J.D. Salinger: Three Early Stories' is published by the Devault-Graves Agency.
Three short stories by J.D. Salinger that were published in magazines in the 1940s have been collected for a new book titled 鈥淛.D. Salinger: Three Early Stories.鈥�
The book is being released by the Devault-Graves Agency and the stories are titled 鈥淕o See Eddie,鈥� 鈥淭he Young Folks,鈥� and 鈥淥nce a Week Won鈥檛 Kill You.鈥�
According to , Devault-Graves Agency founders Darrin Devault and Tom Graves saw the 2013 documentary 鈥淪alinger鈥� and became curious about the rights for the author鈥檚 early work. They found out that 鈥淓ddie,鈥� 鈥淔olks,鈥� and 鈥淲eek鈥� were never the property of Salinger. After the Library of Congress and various lawyers looked into it, the Devault-Graves Agency was able to obtain the worldwide rights. Graves said 鈥淛.D. Salinger: Three Early Stories鈥� is the first work by Salinger to be lawfully released in 50 years and is the first work by the author to come out as an e-book and audiobook legally.
聽鈥淛.D. Salinger: Three Early Stories鈥� is being released in e-book, audiobook form, and print formats (print versions of the book will be sold on demand) and is now available.
Three (different) stories by Salinger showed up online this past November and, according to the documentary 鈥淪alinger,鈥� the author鈥檚 estate will release five new works by Salinger by 2020. 鈥淪alinger鈥� director Shane Salerno said this would include new short stories about the characters from his novel 鈥淔ranny and Zooey鈥� as well as a new piece about 鈥淭he Catcher in the Rye鈥� protagonist Holden Caulfield and writings about the author鈥檚 time in World War II as well as the Hindu Vedanta religion.