A Perfect Day for Bananafish

Summary

A Perfect Day for Bananafish is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• A Perfect Day for Bananafish authored J. D. Salinger^[3].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's language of work or name is recorded as American English^[5].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's country of origin is recorded as United States^[6].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's publication date is recorded as +1948-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's publication date is recorded as +1948-01-31T00:00:00Z^[8].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02v6dx^[9].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's characters is recorded as Seymour Glass^[10].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's narrative location is recorded as Florida^[11].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/A-Perfect-Day-for-Bananafish^[12].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's published in is recorded as Nine Stories^[13].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish'}^[14].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "There were ninety‐seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long‐distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost two‐thirty to get her call through. She used the time, though. She read an article in a women's pocket‐size magazine, called “Sex Is Fun — or Hell.”"}^[15].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'He glanced at the girl lying asleep on one of the twin beds. Then he went over to one of the pieces of luggage, opened it, and from under a pile of shorts and undershirts he took out an Ortgies calibre 7.65 automatic. He released the magazine, looked at it, then reinserted it. He cocked the piece. Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple.'}^[16].
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish's form of creative work is recorded as short story^[17].

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Works and Contributions

A Perfect Day for Bananafish authored J. D. Salinger^[3]. Things named for it include Banana Fish^[18], a manga series^[19], written by Akimi Yoshida^[20].

Why It Matters

A Perfect Day for Bananafish ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for it include Banana Fish^[18], a manga series^[19], written by Akimi Yoshida^[20].