Cheever, John
The Journals (Vintage Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099529538
- author:
- Cheever, John
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 432
- Dimensions:
- 19.4 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Genre:
- Autobiography: literary
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
John Cheever's journals offer a unique glimpse into the inner life of this complex and conflicted writer. Through his candid and often startling entries, we see a man torn between love and loneliness, desire and self-loathing.
The contradictions that drove him are laid bare in these pages: his deep affection for family and friends, alongside his struggles with addiction and his own crippling insecurities. Beautifully written and deeply personal, Cheever's journals reveal the full range of human experience.
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