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Collected Stories
John Cheever
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Description for Collected Stories
Paperback. A collection by Pulitzer prize-winning novelist John Cheever that shows the power and range of one of the finest short story writers. It includes masterpieces such as "The Swimmer" and "Goodbye, My Brother" and date from the time of his honourable discharge from the Army at the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 668.
John Cheever’s Collected Stories explores the delicate psychological frameworks of 20th century suburbia.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HANIF KUREISHI
This outstanding collection by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist John Cheever shows the power and range of one of the finest short story writers of the last century. Stories of love and of squalor, they include masterpieces such as 'The Swimmer' and 'Goodbye, My Brother' and date from the time of his honourable discharge from the Army at the end of the Second World War.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Number of Pages
912
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099748304
SKU
V9780099748304
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About John Cheever
John Cheever was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912, and he went to school at Thayer Academy in South Braintree. He is the author of seven collections of stories and five novels. His first novel, The Wapshot Chronicle, won the 1958 National Book Award. In 1965 he received the Howells Medal for Fiction from the National Academy of Arts and ... Read more
Reviews for Collected Stories
I’ve read nothing better this year than The Stories of John Cheever.
Peter McKay
Daily Mail, Book of the Year
Cheever's accomplishment in his exacting art is proportionally large, as solid as it is brilliant, and likely to endure
New York Review of Books
Currently I'm reading John Cheever's Collected Stories. My God, he was ... Read more
Peter McKay
Daily Mail, Book of the Year
Cheever's accomplishment in his exacting art is proportionally large, as solid as it is brilliant, and likely to endure
New York Review of Books
Currently I'm reading John Cheever's Collected Stories. My God, he was ... Read more