Cheever: The Stories of John Cheever | Characters
Whether urban sophisticates, suburban residents, or innocents abroad, "Cheever's people" are undeniably contemporary in appearance and perception. His characters are easily identifiable and populate a familiar landscape of ideas. Among the inhabitants of his stories are the wise and wonderful, the moral and immoral, and the bitter and sweet of society. In pursuit of the American dream, Cheever's protagonists, or modern antiheroes, embrace life with unrealistic and unfounded expectations which are often supplemented by an illusionistic past or present-day absurdity.
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