John Cheever

Citations

• “He was a tall man with an astonishing and somehow elegant curvature of the spine, formed by an enlarged lower abdomen, which he carried in a stately and contented way, as if it contained money and securities.”

• “The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a foul ball. This is ceremony.”

• “He had that spooky bass voice meant to announce that he had entered the kingdom of manhood, but Rosalie knew that he was still outside the gates.”

Les livres de John Cheever dans l'ordre

Les livres de John Cheever dans l'ordre de parution, de The Way Some People Live (1943) à Wizja świata. Opowiadania wybrane (2023).

1. 1The Way Some People LiveThe Way Some People Live1943
2. 2The Enormous Radio, and Other StoriesThe Enormous Radio, and Other Stories1953
3. 3The Wapshot ChronicleThe Wapshot Chronicle1957
4. 4The Housebreaker of Shady Hill, and Other StoriesThe Housebreaker of Shady Hill, and Other Stories1958
5. 5The Brigadier and the Golf WidowThe Brigadier and the Golf Widow1964
6. 6The Wapshot ScandalThe Wapshot Scandal1964
7. 7Bullet ParkBullet Park1969
8. 8The World of ApplesThe World of Apples1973
9. 9FalconerFalconer1977
10. 10The Stories of John CheeverThe Stories of John Cheever1978
11. 11Selected Short StoriesSelected Short Stories1980
12. 12John CheeverJohn Cheever1981
13. 13Oh, What a Paradise It SeemsOh, What a Paradise It Seems1982
14. 14Il nuotatoreIl nuotatore2000
15. 15Vintage CheeverVintage Cheever2005
16. 16Relatos. 1Relatos. 12006
17. 17Complete NovelsComplete Novels2009
18. 18Wizja świata. Opowiadania wybraneWizja świata. Opowiadania wybrane2023
19. 19Cheever ReadsCheever Reads
20. 20Collected StoriesCollected Stories
21. 21Conversations with John CheeverConversations with John Cheever
22. 22The Letters of John CheeverThe Letters of John Cheever
23. 23The Journals of John CheeverThe Journals of John Cheever