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The Journals of John Cheever

A literary event of great importance: the journals—begun in the late 1940s and continued through three decades—of one of the great American writers of our time. The work provides peerless insights into the creation of his novels and stories, as well the man himself.

Subject
biographyhistorymemoir
Setting
20th centuryUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 399 pages
Form
essaysdiaryepistolary

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