The Journals
John Cheever
- John
- Cheever's
- journals
- reveal
- the
- inner
- life
- of
- this
- remarkable
- writer
- and
- the
- contradictions
- that
- drove
- him.
- He
- loved
- his
- wife
- and
- their
- children,
- but
- was
- acutely
- lonely;
- he
- loved
- women,
- but
- he
- also
- loved
- men;
- he
- hated
- himself
- for
- his
- drinking,
- but
- for
- much
- of
- his
- life
- was
- dependent
- upon
- it;
- he
- was
- a
- great
- writer,
- but
- one
- whose
- acute
- levels
- of
- perception
- often
- crippled
- him
- as
- a
- person.
- His
- journals
- are
- candid,
- beautiful
- and
- often startling.
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