{"product_id":"a-vision-of-the-world-selected-short-stories","title":"John Cheever: A Vision of the World [2021] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first authorised selected collection of the twentieth-century's most influential short story writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JULIAN BARNES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, John Cheever - variously referred to as 'Ovid in Ossining' and the 'Chekhov of the suburbs' - forever altered the landscape of contemporary literature. In a career that spanned nearly fifty years, his short stories, often published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, gave voice to the repressed desires and smouldering disappointments of 1950s America as it teetered on the edge of spiritual awakening and sexual liberation in the ensuing Sixties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUp until now, John Cheever's stories have only been available in \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, but with Julian Barnes' selection we have the first fully authorised introduction to Cheever's work. Satirical, fantastical, sad and transcendent, these are stories that speak directly to the heart of human experience, and remain a testament to the wit and vision of one of the most important and influential short story writers of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reading Cheever is a restless pleasure, the work never settles: these brilliant stories make me get up and walk around the room' Anne Enright \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cheever, John \u0026 Barnes, Julian","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44824945459490,"sku":"9781784875824","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cheever-john-barnes-julian-john-cheever-a-vision-of-the-world-2021-hardback-9781784875824-1141265031.jpg?v=1740605526","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/a-vision-of-the-world-selected-short-stories","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}