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John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". [1] [2] 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.
John Cheever: A Biography. Random House, New York. ISBN 0-394-54921-X; Meanor, Patrick. 1995. John Cheever Revisited. Twayne Publishers, New York. ISBN 0-8057-3999-8; O'Hara, James E. 1989. John Cheever: A Study of the Short Fiction. Twayne Publishers, Boston Massachusetts. Twayne Studies in Short Fiction no 9. ISBN 0-8057-8310-5; Waldeland ...
Oh What a Paradise It Seems is a 1982 novella by John Cheever.It is Cheever's last work of fiction, published shortly before his death from cancer. [1]The main character is Lemuel Sears, an elderly computer-industry executive, twice-widowed, who pursues an ardent but unsuccessful love affair with Renee, a beautiful but elusive woman who works in real-estate. [2]
The Way Some People Live is a collection of 30 works of short fiction by John Cheever, published in 1943 by Random House. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The stories in this edition, represents most of Cheever's literary output written in his twenties.
The Housebreaker of Shady Hill and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by John Cheever. Composed of eight short stories, the volume was first published by Harper & Bros. in 1958. Reissued by Hillman/MacFadden in 1961, the works are included in The Stories of John Cheever (1978).
Some scholars believe the story, originally conceived as a novel and pared down from over 150 pages of notes, is Cheever's most famous and frequently anthologized. [14] As published, the story is highly praised for its blend of realism and surrealism; the thematic exploration of suburban America, especially the relationship between wealth and happiness; and his use of myth and symbolism.
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"The Wrysons" is a short story by John Cheever published by The New Yorker on September 15, 1958. [1] The work was included in the collection volume Some People, Places, and Things That Will Not Appear in My Next Novel (1961) published by Harper and Brothers. [2] [3] The story also appears in The Stories of John Cheever (1978).