Salinger published seven stories in the New Yorker between 1946 and 1951, developing a first rejection rights association (meaning the magazine had the first chance at publishing, or rejecting, his work) with the premiere magazine for serious writers. In 1948, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” introduced Seymour Glass, perhaps the core character of the Glass stories and a figure whom some consider to be nearly as important as Holden in Salinger’s work. Esteemed Salinger critic Warren French considers the story to be one of the more significant in American fiction World War II.
