| Letters of John Cheever Contributor(s): Cheever, John (Author), Cheever, Benjamin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1439164649 ISBN-13: 9781439164648 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: John Cheever, novelist, short-story writer, and winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, was "an American master" ("The Boston Globe"). He was also a prolific writer of letters, sending as many as thirty in a week. These letters, culled from thousands written to famous writers, his family, friends, and lovers, paint an intimate and surprising self-portrait that is as vivid as any character Cheever invented. Edited and annotated by his son Benjamin, Cheever's letters trace his development as a writer and as a man. They reveal him to be complex, flawed, and full of contradictions. On display are not just his ambitions and weaknesses, or his cloaked bisexuality, but the evolution of his wit and style -- and most of all, his immense love of life. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 400 pages |
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| Publisher Description: - 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. . |
Contributor Bio(s): Cheever, John: - John Cheever, novelist, short-story writer, and winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, was "an American master" (The Boston Globe). He was also a prolofic writer of letters, sending as many as thirty in a week.Cheever, Benjamin: - Benjamin Cheever, the author of four novels and two works of nonfiction, has also been a newspaper reporter and an editor at Reader's Digest. He lives in Pleasantville, New York, with his wife and sons. |