The Stories of John Cheever - (Vintage International) (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This Pulitzer Prize-winning collection features 61 stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation." "Profound and daring . . . some of the most wonderful stories any American has written."--"The Boston Globe."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER<br>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize<br>Winner of the National Book Award</b> <p/>Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, <i>The Stories of John Cheever </i>is 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, <i>The Stories of John Cheever </i>brings together some of the finest short stories ever written.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Profound and daring. . . . Some of the most wonderful stories any American has written. --<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/>John Cheever is an enchanted realist, and his voice, in his luminous short stories . . . is as rich and distinctive as any of the leading voices of postwar American literature. --Philip Roth <p/>As stories go, as compellingly readable narratives of a certain sort of people in a certain time and place--<i>our </i>time and place--John Cheever's stories are, simply, the best. --<i>The Washington Pos</i>t <p/>A grand occasion in English literature. --<i>The New York Times<br></i><br>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. --<i>The Guardian</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Shortly before his death in 1982, John Cheever was awarded the National Medal for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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