When All the Men Wore Hats: Susan Cheever on the Stories of John Cheever
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Book Overview A sympathetic and illuminating account of the stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of the legendary writer John Ch...
A sympathetic and illuminating account of the stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of the legendary writer John Cheever, as told by his eldest daughter.
The Stories of John Cheever, published in 1978, brought together some of the finest short fiction ever written. The collection won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, sold millions of copies, and went on to define the American short story and shape generations of writers. Cheever's chronicles of modern life both emerged from a distinctly American culture and created it--inspiring everything from Mad Men to a Raymond Carver story, from rock songs to a Seinfeld episode.
Growing up, Susan Cheever, John Cheever's eldest child and only daughter, read what he read, heard what he heard, bantered and gossiped with him and her brothers and mother at the dinner table, and later watched her father type on the cheap yellow paper he favored. A daughter much like Susan appears in many of Cheever's stories, and a family much like theirs is at the center of his writing.
In When All the Men Wore Hats, Susan Cheever looks back on her father's work and seeks to understand the connections between art and life. How did a bit of local gossip, a slice of Greek myth, or a new translation of Madame Bovary somehow work its way into a brilliant gem like "The Country Husband" or "The Swimmer"? In her 1984 book Home Before Dark, published two years after her father's death, Cheever wrote movingly about her father and the secrets he kept, but here, years later, she tells the story of the remarkable stories themselves, six of which appear in full in the book's appendix.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 400 | Language: English | Publisher: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX | ISBN: 0374600996
FormatHardcover
Pages400
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0374600996
EAN9780374600990
PublisherFARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
Publication Date2025-10-28
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.1 Pounds
Length8.45 Inches
Width5.76 Inches
Height1.31 Inches
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