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Tres cl sicos modernos alumbrados por el trazo acu tico y evocador del ilustrador Pau Gasol Valls. «John Cheever es un realista con magia, y su voz, en sus luminosos relatos, es tan rica y distintiva como las principales voces de la literatura estadounidense de posguerra . -Philip Roth Los cuentos de John Cheever son el testimonio literario esencial de la clase media estadounidense de los a os cincuenta y sesenta. Conocido como «el Ch jov de los suburbios , retrat con maestr a la vida en las zonas residenciales a las afueras de las grandes ciudades. En ese escenario de aparente xito y felicidad, supo descubrir la belleza y el drama cotidiano de familias marcadas por la frustraci n, el deseo y el tedio, componiendo un retrato profundo del alma humana que trasciende el tiempo y las fronteras. Muestra de ello son sus tres cuentos m s emblem ticos: «El nadador , retrato on rico de un hombre a la deriva, «Adi s hermano m o , una obra maestra que explora la tensi n entre dos hermanos con visiones opuestas de la vida, y «El marido rural , novela en miniatura seg n Nabokov cuyo protagonista sobrevive a un accidente de avi n y vuelve a casa ante la indiferencia total de su familia. Tres relatos que siempre acompa ar n al lector, alumbrados por el trazo acu tico y evocador del ilustrador Pau Gasol Valls. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Three modern classics illuminated by the fluid, evocative artwork of illustrator Pau Gasol Valls. "John Cheever is a realist with magic, and his voice, in his luminous stories, is as rich and distinctive as the major voices of postwar American literature." --Philip Roth John Cheever's stories are the essential literary record of the American middle class in the 1950s and 1960s. Known as "the Chekhov of the suburbs," he masterfully portrayed life in the residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of major cities. In these settings of apparent success and happiness, he revealed the beauty and quiet drama of families marked by frustration, desire, and monotony--creating a profound portrait of the human soul that transcends time and borders. This collection features his three most emblematic stories: "The Swimmer," a dreamlike portrait of a man adrift; "Goodbye, My Brother," a masterpiece exploring the tension between two brothers with opposing views of life, and "The Country Husband," a miniature novel, according to Nabokov, about a man who survives a plane crash only to return home to his family's utter indifference. Three unforgettable tales that will stay forever with the reader, brought to life by Pau Gasol Valls' delicate and evocative illustrations.

When this book was originally issued in 1994, it was the first new collection of Cheever stories in over 15 years. Now, with a comprehensive new biography recently published, and the writings of Cheever bought into the canon of the respected Library of America, here is a key collection of 13 early stories from the 1930s and 1940s, 11 of which cannot be found anywhere else. In this intriguing collection, Cheever plunges us into a stark world of strike-breaking, down-and-outers, burlesque shows, desperate gamblers, and deferred hopes. Called 'the best kept secret of American letters' and 'a virtual literary treasure trove', these stories add a new dimension to the assessment of John Cheever's considerable reputation. Cheever published these stories in the 1930s and 1940s in magazines which ran the gamut from obscure leftist literary periodicals, through ""The New Republic"" and ""The Atlantic Monthly"", to mass circulation glossies like ""Colliers"" and ""Cosmopolitan"", dealing with themes and using techniques which are not generally considered to be 'Cheeveresque'. They will undoubtedly surprise those readers familiar with his 1950s work. Each of these early stories bears the unmistakable stamp of the master storyteller.