Benjamin Cheever
Auteur de The Letters of John Cheever
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Benjamin Cheever
Oeuvres associées
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributeur — 389 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Cheever, Benjamin Hale
- Date de naissance
- 1948-10-08
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Pleasantville, New York, USA
- Études
- Antioch College (BA|1970)
- Professions
- writer
editor - Relations
- Cheever, John (father)
Cheever, Susan (sister)
Maslin, Janet (wife)
Cheever, Mary (mother)
Cheever, Federico (brother)
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 429
- Popularité
- #56,934
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 33
So the gist of the story is this: Nelson narrates the story about his life with "Uncle", "Aunt" and sister Narcissus in Westchester, New York. Nelson is 20 years old, and as I mentioned, in love obsessed with Amy. "Uncle" really isn't Nelson and Nar's uncle. Jonas Collingwood and his wife Elspeth, took over raising Nelson and Nar after their adoptive father died. Jonas is a revered author on the verge stardom when a newspaper article hints his last book was a thinly veiled autobiography of his time in wartime Italy. He receives a huge advance to write a real memoir but what ensues is a comedy of errors and tragedies. Cheever has a dark side to him and while most of the story is relatively funny (Nelson is someone I would love to hang out with), there are moments is subtle uncomfortableness. My favorite scenes involve the car.… (plus d'informations)