"... some of them entirely new, some extending past work — in a sequence that he intended to begin as early as 2015."One collection, to be called “The Family Glass,” would add five new stories to an assembly of previously published stories about the fictional Glass family....
Another would include a retooled version of a publicly known but unpublished tale, “The Last and Best of the Peter Pans,” which is to be collected with new stories and existing work about the fictional Caulfields, including “Catcher in the Rye.” The new works are said to include a story-filled “manual” of the Vedanta religious philosophy, with which Mr. Salinger was deeply involved; a novel set during World War II and based on his first marriage; and a novella modeled on his own war experiences....
The revelation comes in the new book
"Salinger," and here's a clue (from the book) about why Salinger left off publishing (but not writing) all those years:
[A]fter [WWII], Mr. Salinger met a 14-year-old girl, Jean Miller, at a beach resort in Florida. For years, they exchanged letters, spent time together in New York and eventually had a brief physical relationship. (She said, in an interview in the film and book, that Mr. Salinger dumped her the day after their first sexual encounter.)
For years... How many years? I'm trying to do the math.
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