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The Stories of John Cheever
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," these are tales that have helped define the form. Featuring a preface by the Pulizter Prize-winning author, The Stories of John Cheever brings together some of the finest short stories ever written.
"Cheever's crowning achievement is the ability to be simultaneously generous and cynical, to see that the absurd and the profound can reside in the same moment, and to acknowledge both at the detriment of neither." --The Guardian
Book Details
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: May 16th, 2000
- Pages: 704
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.98in - 5.25in - 1.32in - 1.09lb
- EAN: 9780375724428
- Categories: • Literary• Short Stories (single author)• Family Life - General
About the Author
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What people are saying
Contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Immigrant Writing Series. Publishing new books every month. Manuscript consultations available.
"After Paradise takes its rightful place alongside Mrs. Bridge, Winesburg, Ohio and The Stories of John Cheever in shining a light on American joy and American sorrow."-T. C. Boyle After Paradise is 75% off at our website https://t.co/oFmL5Inv1R https://t.co/22pFhmF8rS
Raconteur, Photographer, Blogger, Avid Reader, Chronic Road Tripper, Flower Fanatic, Near-Death Survivor, and Married Practicing Catholic. #TaketheBackRoads
Happy Thursday, my friends! This week's book reviews at https://t.co/XXrs4Se636: Searching For And Maintaining Peace - Jacques Philippe The Stories of John Cheever - John Cheever Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke - Ranier Maria Rilke The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain https://t.co/NGIqw3sZzs
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I read “The Swimmer” for my fiction class in college. Very fitting that the copy of “The Stories of John Cheever” I bought at Half Priced Books had a birthday dedication to someone’s wife written on the inside cover that was dated the year before i bought it #TCMParty #TheSwimmer
Praise for this book
"Profound and daring.... Some of the most wonderful stories any American has written." --The Boston Globe
"John Cheever is an enchanted realist, and his voice, in his luminous short stories ... is as rich and distinctive as any of the leading voices of postwar American literature." --Philip Roth
"As stories go, as compellingly readable narratives of a certain sort of people in a certain time and place--our time and place--John Cheever's stories are, simply, the best." --The Washington Post
"A grand occasion in English literature." --The New York Times
"Cheever's crowning achievement is the ability to be simultaneously generous and cynical, to see that the absurd and the profound can reside in the same moment, and to acknowledge both at the detriment of neither." --The Guardian
What people are saying
Contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Immigrant Writing Series. Publishing new books every month. Manuscript consultations available.
"After Paradise takes its rightful place alongside Mrs. Bridge, Winesburg, Ohio and The Stories of John Cheever in shining a light on American joy and American sorrow."-T. C. Boyle After Paradise is 75% off at our website https://t.co/oFmL5Inv1R https://t.co/22pFhmF8rS
Raconteur, Photographer, Blogger, Avid Reader, Chronic Road Tripper, Flower Fanatic, Near-Death Survivor, and Married Practicing Catholic. #TaketheBackRoads
Happy Thursday, my friends! This week's book reviews at https://t.co/XXrs4Se636: Searching For And Maintaining Peace - Jacques Philippe The Stories of John Cheever - John Cheever Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke - Ranier Maria Rilke The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain https://t.co/NGIqw3sZzs