John Cheever 英文原版
图书信息
书名：John Cheever 英文原版作者：John Cheever
包装：Hardcover
页数：1056页
出版社：Penguin Random House US
出版时间：2009-3-5
图书简介
JohnCheeverisamasteroftheshortstory,andthiscollectionisatestamenttohisliteraryprowess.HisstoriesexaminethetrappingsofaffluenceandtheemptinessofAmericanprosperity,delvingdeepintothepsycheofhischaracters.Despitetheircomicelements,Cheever'sstoriesposeprofoundquestionsaboutthemeaningoflifeandtheconductoftheindividual.Hisproseisbothpreciseandsensuous,offeringashrewdexaminationofsocialdetailandasensitivitytotheworldatlarge.Cheeverachievedhisfirstbreakthroughin1947with“TheEnormousRadio,“andwentontowriteworksofstartlingfluencyandpower,including“TorchSong“and“Goodbye,MyBrother.“Hisexplorationofpostwarsuburbiain“TheSorrowsofGin,““TheFive-Forty-Eight,““TheCountryHusband,“and“TheSwimmer“aredefinitiveclassics.Thisvolume,includingthecompleteStoriesofJohnCheever,aswellasadditionalstoriesandshortessaysonwritersandwriting,isthelargestcollectionofCheever'sworkeverpublished.Itcelebratesthelegacyofoneofthegreatestshortstorywritersofthe20thcentury.
推荐理由
ForfansofAmericanliteratureandloversoftheshortstoryform,TheStoriesofJohnCheeverisamust-read.Cheever'smeticulousproseandhisabilitytoexplorethecomplexitiesofthehumanconditionmakethiscollectionaliterarymasterpiece.Whetheryouarelookingforadeepexaminationofsocialclass,orsimplyabeautifullywrittenstory,thereissomethingforeveryoneinthiscollection.TherangeofCheever'sworkisshowcasedhere,fromhisearlybreakthroughstohislaterexplorationofpostwarsuburbanlife.Thisisabooktosavor,toreadandreread,andtoappreciateforyearstocome.