A Perfect Day for Bananafish | Analysis
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Title: “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”
Author: J. D. Salinger
Published in: The New Yorker
Date of Publication: 1948
Genre: Short Story
Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010), known to the public as J.D. Salinger, was an American author of short stories and novels. The writer became popular early in his career, but chose to live a very private life. Although he lived a long life, his last original fiction work was published in 1965. Today he is best-known and appreciated for the novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951) and the short story collection Nine Stories (1953).
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