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The Stories of John Cheever

The Stories of John Cheever( )
Author: Cheever, John
ISBN:978-0-345-33567-8
Publication Date:Dec 1985
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Ballantine Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.99
Book Description:

Winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER live in the community of emotions and dreams. The men and women are creatures of beauty, tragedy and restless privilege. And always they soar from the sadness of life to the older and more elegant realms of light, desire, memory, and love.... "Dazzling." THE BOSTON GLOBE

Book Details
Pages:704
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Short Stories (Single Author)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.29 x 6.63 Inches
Book Weight:0.85 Pounds
Author Biography
Cheever, John (Author)
John Cheever, best known for his short stories dealing with upper-middle-class suburban life, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912. Cheever published his first short story at the age of 17, and in 1979, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his collected edition of short stories, titled Stories of John Cheever.

Cheever also wrote screenplays, and five novels, including The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the National Book Award in 1957.

Cheever died in 1982, at the age of 70.

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