The Accidental Tourist | Literary Precedents
The mixture of humor and pathos and the concentration on the ordinary in this work are also the hallmarks of other contemporary writers like John Cheever. Cheever's short story "The Swimmer," for example, begins with a picture of ordinary upper class people at a summer party. The protagonist decides, on a whim, to swim home by way of all his friends' and neighbors' pools. His actions seem silly and funny at first. Only slowly does Cheever spoil the image of summer and success, revealing that failure has robbed this character of both his memory and his dignity. The story begins in light...
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