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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “I'll never be able to drink an Old Fashioned, no matter how delicious it sounds. Cheever turns a cocktail into a symbol of materialistic superficial perfection crusting over boiling rage and sadness. Sounds like fun!” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“The Chekhov of the 'burbs... A master and a must-read ”
Anthony V wrote this review Tuesday, September 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Some of the best short stories I've ever read. He's a master of the genre. The story entitled The Enormous Radio sucks, but everything else is really well done.”
Sara wrote this review Monday, August 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Hardly any of these stories have pleasant endings, so sometimes it was hard to keep going. That being said, Cheever's writing was incredibly dense and charming. I enjoyed the quotes and the writing more than the plots of the stories.”
eissme wrote this review Tuesday, August 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“At times, he really angers me but has so much talent as a short story writer. Helps to understand this nation of "Aging Children."”
Jennifer D wrote this review Sunday, June 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“I have read and read this book over the years.
Badgerdog Literary Publishing wrote this review Tuesday, November 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Classic tales like "The Swimmer" and "The Five-Forty-Eight" never fail to make me marvel at the linguistic mastery Cheever displays--how he moves the emotion of his upper middle and middle class subjects through the grit and weight of their social surroundings.
Can I quote Cheever himself here? He says it so much better in his preface than I could even imagine doing on my own. "These stories seem at times to be stor...more I have read and read this book over the years.
Classic tales like "The Swimmer" and "The Five-Forty-Eight" never fail to make me marvel at the linguistic mastery Cheever displays--how he moves the emotion of his upper middle and middle class subjects through the grit and weight of their social surroundings.
Can I quote Cheever himself here? He says it so much better in his preface than I could even imagine doing on my own. "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filed with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."
These days, I need an escape to this simpler time.”
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“Brilliantly written but extremely depressing stories. I was really not expecting them to be so down: for some reason, perhaps because of his association with the New Yorker, I thought that Cheever could be a little more sprightly. I was clearly mistaken about that, and having read some biographical material, I can see why. What a sad sack. At least he turned his misery to great art. How many other miserable wretches can make that claim?
Mark F wrote this review Wednesday, October 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Great biographical essay in the Virginia Quarterly: http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2008/fall/bailey-john-cheever/”
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“i think it's should be show on net for viewers to read.”
comic o wrote this review Tuesday, May 20 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“he is my favorite writer.great stylist and terrific narrative.his charagtors are real urban lonerd.some of his stories like'goobye,my brother,country husband,seashore houses,nine fortyfive,are really great.nabacove desribed 'country huband as his favorite. open any page and you are rngrossed in his world.he is writer's writer.”
shashikant s wrote this review Tuesday, April 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“iconic. funny. heart breaking. teaches me more about the ways of white suburbanites. ”
jessmyoung wrote this review Friday, April 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
