Il nuotatore

by John Cheever

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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 17, and in 1979, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his collected edition of short stories, titled Stories of John Cheever. Cheever also wrote screenplays, and show more five novels, including The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the National Book Award in 1957. Cheever died in 1982, at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Il nuotatore è un uomo che si avvicina alla fine della vita camminando in costume da bagno verso casa; è un film con Burt Lancaster; è una finestra sul mondo ormai scomparso; è un bellissimo racconto dell'antologia The St... (show all)ories of John Cheever che valse al suo autore il Pulitzer 1978; è la prima tappa del viaggio, proposto da Fandango, alla riscoperta di un maestro spesso inspiegabilmente dimenticato.
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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3505.H6428 N4Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1900-1960

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