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A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J. D. Salinger

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Author Biography

Name: J. D. Salinger
Variant Name: Jerome David Salinger
Birth Date: January 1, 1919
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of J(erome) D(avid) Salinger
8046 words, approx. 26.8 pages
Confronting another in an apparently unending series of collected essays about J. D. Salinger 's The Catcher in the Rye (1951), a British reviewer once asked with some asperity why nearly every American critic who wrote about the novel seemed compelled t...
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Biography of J. D. Salinger
6755 words, approx. 22.5 pages
Best known for his controversial novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), J. D. Salinger (born 1919) is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential authors of American fiction to emerge after World War II. Salinger's re...
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Biography of J. D. Salinger
6297 words, approx. 21 pages
The entire body of writing by which Jerome David Salinger wishes to be known is contained in four small books—one novel and thirteen short stories. All of these were published in the eleven and a half years between January 1948 and June 1959; and a...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish Information
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"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in the January 31, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. It was anthologized in 1949's 55 Short Stories from the New Yorker as well as in Salinger's 1953 collection, Nine...


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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
A Perfect Day
07/19/1999: 957 words, approx. 3 pages
GREGORY SCHUTTA, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 07-19-1999 A PERFECT DAY -- CONE A PART OF BASEBALL IMMORTALITY By GREGORY SCHUTTA, Staff Writer Date: 07-19-1999, Monday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star Notes:...
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Albuquerque Journal
A perfect day
02/20/2005: 828 words, approx. 3 pages
FIRST PERSON It's fly-fishing in the Valles Caldera surrounded by meadows and solitude The peace to be found in running water, a perfect summer day of sunshine and fresh air, blissful solitude and the focused attention necessary to cast and catch a...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Eberhard Alsen
2,832 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following essay, Alsen links new biographical information regarding Salinger's experiences as a soldier in World War II with two of Salinger's short stories: “For Esmé—with Love and Squalor” and “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.”


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