{"product_id":"the-stories-of-john-cheever-9780375724428","title":"The Stories of John Cheever","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - 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.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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 Pulizter Prize-winning author, \u003ci\u003eThe Stories of John Cheever \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together some of the finest short stories ever written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Cheever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.25w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375724428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2009 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cheever\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912. He is the author of seven collections of stories and five novels. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wapshot Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003e won the 1958 National Book Award. In 1965 he received the Howells Medal for Fiction from the National Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1978 \u003ci\u003eThe Stories of John Cheever\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Shortly before his death in 1982, he was awarded the National Medal for Literature from the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"John Cheever \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47283700793501,"sku":"9780375724428","price":37.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_82f238dd-f1be-4382-b017-9cf4f84b4c90.jpg?v=1759971152","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-stories-of-john-cheever-9780375724428","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}