John Cheever, a well-known American writer, was born in 1912. He started his literary career at the age of 16. In his shirt stories he deals with the life of the middle class, the inhabitance of small towns & suburbs of big cities. He shows ordinary people in whose lives money becomes the driving force predetermining the lot of the characters.
The author’s favourite subject is the description of the conditions in which people’s hopes & aspirations are frustrated & the best human qualities are ruined.
John Cheever died in 1982.
- Преподаватель: Наталья Григорьевна Иванова