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Oh What a Paradise It Seems is a 1982 novella by John Cheever. It is Cheever's last work of fiction, published shortly before his death from cancer.
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- John Cheever
- 1982
- Alfred A. Knopf
21 de ago. de 2021 · English. 99 pages ; 22 cm. The story of an old man's search for love is told through a constellation of events: the struggle to save a pond from pollution, the murder of a gallant scientist, and an exquisite but fleeting affair with the beautiful woman he sees in a bank line. Access-restricted-item.
1 de ene. de 2001 · Oh What a Paradise It Seems. John Cheever. 3.47. 1,615 ratings169 reviews. From one of the most renowned twentieth-century American writers, this “luminous ephiphany of life ... [is] a charming fable of old age, nostalgia, and loss” ( The Washington Post Book World ).
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15 de ene. de 1992 · Oh What a Paradise It Seems. Paperback – January 15, 1992. From one of the most renowned twentieth-century American writers, this “luminous ephiphany of life ... [is] a charming fable of old age, nostalgia, and loss” (The Washington Post Book World).
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- 1982
- John Cheever
- John Cheever
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. “This is perfect Cheever—it is perfect.”. — The New York Times Book Review.
- John Cheever
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Oh, what a Paradise it Seems. John Cheever. Knopf, 1982 - Fiction - 99 pages. "John Cheever's last novel is a fable set in a village so idyllic it has no fast-food outlet and having as...
In an idyllic American village, elderly romantic Lemuel Sears still has it in him to fall wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. But Sears's paradise is under threat; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters involved in organised crime.
