The Wapshot Chronicle - Couverture souple

Cheever, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060528877 ISBN 13 : 9780060528874

Editeur : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003

Synopsis

When "The Wapshot Chronicle" was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But "The Wapshot Chronicle," which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist. Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England, the novel follows the destinies of the impecunious and wildly eccentric Wapshots of St. Botolphs, a quintessential Massachusetts fishing village. Here are the stories of Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea dog and would-be suicide; of his licentious older son, Moses; and of Moses' adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, "The Wapshot Chronicle" is a family narrative in the tradition of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Cheever's debut novel is skittish, mercurial and ringing with life' Guardian

Meet the Wapshots of St Botolphs. There is Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea-dog and would-be suicide; his licentious older son, Moses; and Moses's adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, and partly based on Cheever's adolescence in New England , The Wapshot Chronicle is a family narrative in the finest traditions of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.

See Also: The Wapshot Scandal

Biographie de l'auteur :

John Cheever, best known for his short stories dealing with upper-middle-class suburban life, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912. Cheever published his first short story at the age of seventeen. He was the recipient of a 1951 Guggenheim Fellowship and winner of a National Book Award for The Wapshot Chronicle in 1958, the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Stories of John Cheever, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and an American Book Award. He died in 1982, at the age of seventy.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060528877
• ISBN 13: 9780060528874
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368