
The Stories of John Cheever
The American writer, John Cheever, died in 1982, leaving behind 29 loose-leaf notebooks begun in the late Forties. They form the content of this book. His commitment to them was of central importance to his life - as a workbook and a retreat, an unhindered act of self-revelation where he could explore his ambiguities. He loved his wife and their children, but was acutely lonely; he loved women, but he also loved men; he hated himself for his drinking, but for much of his life was dependent upon it; he was a great writer, but one whose acute levels of perception often crippled him as a person.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- ISBN-13
- 9780099212218
- Genre
- Topics
- Suburban life and identitySexuality and repressionAddiction and self-destruction
Awards
- National Book Award for FictionWonMajor(1981)
- Pulitzer Prize for FictionWonMajor(1979)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionWonMajor(1978)
- National Book Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1979)
Other awarded books from John Cheever
- The Wapshot Chronicle (2021)1 win · 12 score
- Falconer (2014)0 wins · 4 score
- The World of Apples (1973)0 wins · 4 score
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