When all the men wore hats : Susan Cheever on the stories of John Cheever
(2025)
By:
Cheever, Susan
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
NEW 813.52/CHEEVER,J/CHE
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xi, 377 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780374600990, 0374600996 :, 0374600996, 9780374600990
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
"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