{"product_id":"the-journals-of-john-cheever-9780307387257","title":"The Journals of John Cheever","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn these journals, the experiences of one of the most renowned twentieth-century American writers come to life with fascinating, wholly revealing detail. - \"A treasure-trove of riches.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's journals provide peerless insights into the creation of his novels and stories. But they are equally the record of a complex, often dark, always closely observed inner world. No American writer of comparable stature has left such an unreservedly revealing and moving account of himself: his family life, his literary life, and his emotional life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The final word from one of modern America's great writers, \u003ci\u003eThe Journals of John Cheever\u003c\/i\u003e provides a powerful and beautiful capstone to a towering oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cheever\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912. He is the author of seven collections of stories and five novels. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wapshot Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003e won the 1958 National Book Award. In 1965 he received the Howells Medal for Fiction from the National Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1978 \u003ci\u003eThe Stories of John Cheever\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Shortly before his death in 1982, he was awarded the National Medal for Literature from the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50319038054674,"sku":"9780307387257","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60fb83bf-d3c0-43fe-8947-36c83a258994.jpg?v=1727563831","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-journals-of-john-cheever-9780307387257","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}