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When all the men wore hats : Susan Cheever on the stories of John Cheever / Susan Cheever.
Van Pelt Library PS3505.H6428 Z595 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheever, Susan, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cheever, John.
- Cheever, John--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cheever, John. Short stories--Selections.
- Cheever, Susan.
- Short stories, American--History and criticism.
- Short stories, American.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Biography.
- Autobiographies.
- Anecdotes.
- Biographies.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 377 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
- Summary:
- "A sympathetic and illuminating account of The Stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of legendary American writer John Cheever, as told by his eldest daughter." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Becoming a writer
- The story of the book of stories
- "The brothers"
- "Goodbye, my brother"
- The little girl stories
- My parents' marriage
- Sexual punishment
- "The housebreaker of Shady Hill"
- "The angel of the bridge"
- "The swimmer" : a surprise ending
- My favorite story
- Teaching.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-377).
- Contains:
- container of: Cheever, John. Goodbye, my brother.
- container of: Cheever, John. Sorrows of gin.
- container of: Cheever, John. Five-forty-eight.
- container of: Cheever, John. Housebreaker of Shady Hill.
- container of: Cheever, John. Swimmer.
- container of: Cheever, John. Reunion.
- ISBN:
- 9780374600990
- 0374600996
- OCLC:
- 1478324237
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