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Synopsis
Offers insight into the life of the Pulitzer prize-winning author through his correspondence with other writers, his wife, children, and lovers, covering personal and professional aspects of his life from his days as a young writer until his death
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Review
"He lies, in American writing, somewhere between Scott Fitzgerald and John Updike" (Malcolm Bradbury)
"The master of the short story was also the master of the short letter" (Sunday Times)
"I enjoyed The Letters of John Cheever enormously... Cheever shone in his three-paragraph masterpieces about temperamental plumbing, pets, and the loneliness of the short story-writer" (Zoe Heller)
"Cheever's work - a succession of brilliant short stories for the New Yorker and four novels - depends on an edgy eye for detail and a compulsive narrative personality" (Independent)
"John's letters and Benjamin's commentary makes a special kind of dialogue that touches and haunts, both in what is said and what is kept silent" (Los Angeles Times)
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'A writer of grace and wit, quietly dealing with people, like himself, who sense that their seemly, well-respected lives are being lived upon a precipice' Sunday Times
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LETTERS OF JOHN CHEEVER
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The Letters of John Cheever
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Condition: Good. - A revealing self-portrait: In addition to his novels and short stories, John Cheever wrote a prodigious number of letters--sometimes thirty in a week. In The Letters of John Cheever, edited and annotated by his son Benjamin, Cheever reveals his most private thoughts to friends, famous writers, family, and lovers--all of whom he encouraged to discard what he wrote. Saving letters is like trying to preserve a kiss, he said. As a result, these letters form a story that is even more candid than his journals, and as vivid and human as any he ever invented. - An intriguing literary icon: Cheever, a complex and contradictory man, was an adulterer who wrote eloquently in praise of monogamy . a bisexual who detested any sign of sexual ambiguity. Cheever was a stranger to those closest to him and presented to the world what he thought it wanted to see. These letters display the stark contrast between his ambitions and weaknesses, while tracing his evolution as an artist. . Seller Inventory # 00095197699
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LETTERS OF JOHN CHEEVER
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LETTERS OF JOHN CHEEVER
Published by
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ISBN 10: 0671628739
ISBN 13: 9780671628734
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LETTERS OF JOHN CHEEVER
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Condition: Good. - A revealing self-portrait: In addition to his novels and short stories, John Cheever wrote a prodigious number of letters--sometimes thirty in a week. In The Letters of John Cheever, edited and annotated by his son Benjamin, Cheever reveals his most private thoughts to friends, famous writers, family, and lovers--all of whom he encouraged to discard what he wrote. Saving letters is like trying to preserve a kiss, he said. As a result, these letters form a story that is even more candid than his journals, and as vivid and human as any he ever invented. - An intriguing literary icon: Cheever, a complex and contradictory man, was an adulterer who wrote eloquently in praise of monogamy . a bisexual who detested any sign of sexual ambiguity. Cheever was a stranger to those closest to him and presented to the world what he thought it wanted to see. These letters display the stark contrast between his ambitions and weaknesses, while tracing his evolution as an artist. . Seller Inventory # CIN0671628739G