The first part ends with the recitation of the "Jesus prayer" after the protagonist faints during a weekend meeting with Lane Coutell.
One of the characters leaves for a meeting with LeSage after ordering his family to stop admiring his back muscles. During lunch at Sickler's, the "section men" who overanalyze literature are denounced, an assertion countered by labeling Flaubert a "goddam word-squeezer." Roy Sorenson inquires about Rilke just after a title character is introduced through her letters about Sappho. The first part ends with the recitation of the "Jesus prayer" after the protagonist faints during a weekend meeting with Lane Coutell. Bessie suggests talking through the spiritual crisis in this work narrated by older brother Buddy. For ten points, name these oft-paired novellas about the two youngest Glass siblings.
One of the characters leaves for a meeting with LeSage after ordering his family to stop admiring his back muscles.
Franny and Zooey (accept in reverse order)