The Season of Divorce, John Cheever
The Season of Divorce, John Cheever
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The Season of Divorce

Author: John Cheever

Narrator: Meryl Streep, Ben Cheever, Peter Gallagher

Unabridged: 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Caedmon

Published: 09/22/2009


Synopsis

Here is one of twelve magnificent stories, originally part of The John Cheever Audio Collection, in which John Cheever celebrates—with unequaled grace and tenderness—the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, ""These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat.""

About John Cheever

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.

About Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Academy Award® thirteen times, winning twice. Her numerous film credits include The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, Out of Africa, The Bridges of Madison County, Adaptation, and The Hours.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Polat on August 23, 2020

Amerikan banliyölerinde evlilikler, kaçamak aşklar, ayrılıklar, ikili ilişkiler çocuklar ve boşanmalar. İçinde sıkıntıdan bir topak taşıyan insanların sıradan, ölümlü, darmadağın hayatlar, küçük insanlardan büyük hikayeler yaratan bir adam J. Cheever. Yalnızlık, parasızlık, anlaşılamamak, umutsuzluk......more

Goodreads review by Kansas on June 08, 2019

Este cuento es una verdadera joya, de las pocas veces que en un relato de Cheever, un personaje femenino despunta y se alza glorioso. Ethel, aparentemente en un matrimonio feliz y perfecto, con dos niños, se ha tenido que sacrificar y se ha convertido en la ama de casa casi robótica con un horario......more

Goodreads review by Kelly_Hunsaker_reads on August 17, 2020

The Season of Divorce is the story of a woman -- a wife -- but told from the point of view of her husband. Ethel is a housewife from the first half of the 20th century, and is perfectly cast in the role. She cares for their children and takes care of all the cooking and household duties. And, by rea......more

Goodreads review by Indy on May 29, 2022

Short stories written by Cheever in 1970s, which are still relevant to modern world. The stories might appear trivial, but the underlying emotions are very real and true. And you can get a grip on people's lives, understanding that every body is facing similar challenges and some of the first world......more

Goodreads review by mark propp on November 03, 2023

these cheever stories are undeniably pretty great but they're really bumming me out.......more