The Stories of John Cheever

Name: The Stories of John Cheever
ISBN: 9780375724428

John Cheever

1978·693 pages

Literary Fiction

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★ Pulitzer Prize (1978) · Winner National Book Award (1979) · Nominee

“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

A seminal collection from one of the true masters of the short story. Spanning the duration of Cheever’s long and distinguished career, these sixty-one stories chronicle and encapsulate 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,” these are tales that have helped define the form. Featuring a preface by the author, The Stories of John Cheever brings together some of the finest short stories ever written.

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The Stories of John Cheever

John Cheever

★ Pulitzer Prize (1978) · Winner National Book Award (1979) · Nominee

Year

1978

Pages

693

Literary Fiction

Praise

“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