Stories of John Cheever 1ST Edition

Stories of John Cheever 1ST Edition

When The Stories of John Cheever was originally published, it became an immediate national bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize. In the years since, it has become a classic. In The Stories of John Cheever, sixty-one stories chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation." From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in "The Enormous Radio" to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill" and "The Swimmer," Cheever tells us everything we need to know about "the pain and sweetness of life." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John William Cheever (1912 - 1982) was an important American novelist and short story writer. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born, and Italy, especially Rome. He is "now recognized as one of the most important short fiction writers of the 20th century." While Cheever is perhaps best remembered for his short stories (including "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, My Brother," "The Five-Forty-Eight," "The Country Husband," "The Swimmer" and "The Stories of John Cheever"), he also wrote a number of novels, such as The Wapshot Chronicle (National Book Award, 1958), The Wapshot Scandal (William Dean Howells Medal, 1965), Bullet Park (1969), and Falconer (1977). His main themes include the duality of human nature: sometimes dramatized as the disparity between a character's decorous social persona and inner corruption, and sometimes as a conflict between two characters (often brothers) who embody the salient aspects of both - light and dark, flesh and spirit.
Country USA
Author John Cheever
Binding Hardcover
Label ALFRED A KNOPF
Manufacturer ALFRED A KNOPF
NumberOfItems 2
PublicationDate 1978
Publisher ALFRED A KNOPF
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Country	USA
Author	John Cheever
Binding	Hardcover
Label	ALFRED A KNOPF
Manufacturer	ALFRED A KNOPF
NumberOfItems	2
PublicationDate	1978
Publisher	ALFRED A KNOPF
Studio	ALFRED A KNOPF
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Stories of John Cheever 1ST Edition

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