37+ John Cheever Short Stories Images. Was his memory failing or had he so disciplined it in the repression of unpleasant facts that he had damaged his sense of the truth? —from 'the swimmer (1964) by. Often called the chekov of the suburbs, cheever's work looked at the dualities of human nature and was often set in manhattan, massachusetts, and italy.
Often called the chekov of the suburbs, cheever's work looked at the dualities of human nature and was often set in manhattan, massachusetts, and italy.
Was his memory failing or had he so disciplined it in the repression of unpleasant facts that he had damaged his sense of the truth? —from 'the swimmer (1964) by. In reunion by john cheever we have the theme of disappointment, connection, identity, separation, regret and alcoholism. The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man's complexity and the strength and decency of his longings. The stories of john cheever , michiko kakutani wrote in cheever's 1982 obit, was one of the few collections of short fiction ever to make.
