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Bookmark or Share- Cheever’s Art of the Devastating Phrase | The New YorkerYou rarely feel in Cheever, as you do in his contemporary and fellow New Yorker fiction stalwart John O’Hara, that a raw hunger for admission into an idealized upper class distorts his ability ...
- John Cheever - WikipediaJohn William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs".
- John Cheever (Author of The Stories of John Cheever) - GoodreadsJohn Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs" or "the Ovid of Ossining." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the suburbs of Westchester, New York, and old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born.
- John Cheever | Biography, Books, & Facts | BritannicaJohn Cheever (born May 27, 1912, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.—died June 18, 1982, Ossining, New York) was an American short-story writer and novelist whose work describes, often through fantasy and ironic comedy, the life, manners, and morals of middle-class suburban America. Cheever has been called “the Chekhov of the suburbs” for his ...
- The Stories of John Cheever , by John Cheever (Knopf) - PulitzerMany of the stories collected in this volume (including "The Swimmer," Cheever's most anthologized opus) were initially published by The New Yorker, which routinely showcased Cheever's work from 1947 to 1964. Selections may be accessed below via the magazine's online archive.
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