Benjamin Cheever
Autor(a) de The Letters of John Cheever
About the Author
Obras de Benjamin Cheever
Associated Works
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contribuinte — 389 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Cheever, Benjamin Hale
- Data de nascimento
- 1948-10-08
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Pleasantville, New York, USA
- Educação
- Antioch College (BA|1970)
- Ocupação
- writer
editor - Relacionamentos
- Cheever, John (father)
Cheever, Susan (sister)
Maslin, Janet (wife)
Cheever, Mary (mother)
Cheever, Federico (brother)
Membros
Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 428
- Popularidade
- #57,056
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Resenhas
- 10
- ISBNs
- 33
So the gist of the story is this: Nelson narrates the story about his life with "Uncle", "Aunt" and sister Narcissus in Westchester, New York. Nelson is 20 years old, and as I mentioned, in love obsessed with Amy. "Uncle" really isn't Nelson and Nar's uncle. Jonas Collingwood and his wife Elspeth, took over raising Nelson and Nar after their adoptive father died. Jonas is a revered author on the verge stardom when a newspaper article hints his last book was a thinly veiled autobiography of his time in wartime Italy. He receives a huge advance to write a real memoir but what ensues is a comedy of errors and tragedies. Cheever has a dark side to him and while most of the story is relatively funny (Nelson is someone I would love to hang out with), there are moments is subtle uncomfortableness. My favorite scenes involve the car.… (mais)