John Cheever
John Cheever
John William Cheeverwas an American novelist and short story writer. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born, and Italy, especially Rome. He is "now recognized as one of the most important short fiction writers of the 20th century." While Cheever is perhaps best remembered for his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth27 May 1912
CountryUnited States of America
It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong.
That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.