The Stories of John Cheever

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PULITZER 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.”
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 Pulizter Prize-winning author, The Stories of John Cheever brings together some of the finest short stories ever written. 
“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.” —The Guardian

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2000
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 704 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0375724427
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375724428
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 1.16 x 7.99 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #32,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #250 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction #261 in Short Stories (Books) #1,563 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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