Frasi di John Cheever

John Cheever è stato uno scrittore statunitense.

William John Cheever è stato chiamato il Čechov dei sobborghi. I suoi romanzi e racconti sono per massima parte ambientati nell'Upper East Side di Manhattan, i sobborghi della Contea di Westchester, i sei stati del New England , intorno a Quincy, suo luogo natale, e in Italia, soprattutto a Roma.

È riconosciuto come uno degli scrittori più importanti del Novecento statunitense, e ricordato soprattutto per i racconti brevi, misura in cui eccelle, ma è stato anche autore di romanzi, tra cui il famoso Falconer.

Ha vinto il National Book Award per la narrativa , e ha vinto il Premio Pulitzer per la narrativa per la raccolta The Stories of John Cheever , che è stata premiata anche con il National Book Critics Circle Award per la narrativa nel 1978 e il National Book Award per la narrativa nel 1981, ex aequo con il romanzo Plains Song di Wright Morrison. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. Maggio 1912 – 18. Giugno 1982   •   Altri nomi جان چیور
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John Cheever: Frasi in inglese

“Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.”

Entry in his journal before his last public appearance, the ceremony at which he received the National Medal for Literature, quoted by Susan Cheever, Home before Dark Houghton Mifflin (1984).

“I was here on earth because I chose to be.”

John Cheever libro The Stories of John Cheever

Origine: The Stories of John Cheever

“Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil not the strength to choose between the two.”

The Late Forties and the Fifties, 1956 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)

“When the beginnings of self-destruction enter the heart it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.”

The Late Forties and the Fifties, 1952 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)

“One would never have guessed that the world had such a capacity for genuine grief. The most we can do is exploit our memories of his excellence.”

On the assassination of John F. Kennedy
The Sixties, 1963 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)

“I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.”

The Late Forties and the Fifties, 1955 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)

“What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.”

Entry in his journal before his last public appearance, the ceremony at which he received the National Medal for Literature, quoted by Susan Cheever, Home before Dark Houghton Mifflin (1984).

“Art is the triumph over chaos.”

The Stories of John Cheever Knopf (1978).

“Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord.”

John Cheever libro The Wapshot Chronicle

The Wapshot Chronicle (1957)

“Homesickness is nothing … Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.”

“The Bella Lingua” in The Brigadier and the Golf Widow (1964).

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