The Chekhov of the Suburbs
Celebrating the work and life of the American novelist and 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, John Cheever.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
A memoir by Cheever's daughter
A link to the memoir written by Cheever's daughter Susan, titled Home Before Dark, in which she reveals his bisexuality and other facets of Cheever's private life.
Awards won by Cheever
Here's a timeline of awards won by Cheever!
An analysis of the life of John Cheever
Here's a link to James Wolcott's critical analysis of the life of Cheever in Vanity Fair. Wolcott examines how Cheever's own experience with alcoholism and self-loathing guided Cheever's stories.
Alfred Hitchcock presents "The Five-Forty-Eight"
This is episode 5 from season 6; it's the full episode of Hitchcock's interpretation of "The Five-Forty-Eight."
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