Oh What a Paradise It Seems John Cheever s last novel is a fable set in a village so idyllic it has no fast food outlet and having as its protagonist an old man Lemuel Sears who still has it in him to fall wildly in love with

John Cheever s last novel is a fable set in a village so idyllic it has no fast food outlet and having as its protagonist an old man, Lemuel Sears, who still has it in him to fall wildly in love with strangers of both sexes But Sears s paradise is threatened the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters In Cheever s accomplished hands the battle between anJohn Cheever s last novel is a fable set in a village so idyllic it has no fast food outlet and having as its protagonist an old man, Lemuel Sears, who still has it in him to fall wildly in love with strangers of both sexes But Sears s paradise is threatened the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters In Cheever s accomplished hands the battle between an elderly romantic and the monstrous aspects of late twentieth century civilization becomes something ribald, poignant, and ineffably joyful.
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Unlimited [Paranormal Book] Ã Oh What a Paradise It Seems - by John Cheever ↠
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Title: Unlimited [Paranormal Book] Ã Oh What a Paradise It Seems - by John Cheever ↠
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John Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called the Chekhov of the suburbs or the Ovid of Ossining His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the suburbs of Westchester, New York, and old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born.His main themes include the duality of human nature sometimes dramatized as the disparity between a character s decorous social persona and inner corruption, and sometimes as a conflict between two characters often brothers who embody the salient aspects of both light and dark, flesh and spirit Many of his works also express a nostalgia for a vanishing way of life, characterized by abiding cultural traditions and a profound sense of community, as opposed to the alienating nomadism of modern suburbia.