The Enormous Radio (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Cheever
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The late 1940's
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Jim and Irene Westcott
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
One of the most frequently reprinted of John Cheever's stories, “The Enormous Radio” derives most of its initial impact, and subsequent memorability, from the author's ironic blend of fantasy and realism, shadowed by suggestions of the supernatural.
Set during the years immediately following World War II, “The Enormous Radio” is the best known of Cheever's urban tales, foreshadowing in subject matter, theme, and style the suburban stories that would follow. Here as elsewhere, Cheever foregrounds the subtleties and stresses of contemporary marriage...
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