John Cheever – Page 2 – Interesting Literature

A Summary and Analysis of John Cheever’s ‘The World of Apples’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘The World of Apples’ is a short story by the American writer John Cheever (1912-82). It appeared as the title story in his 1973 collection of the same name. The story concerns an elderly poet who, while living in Italy, develops and overwhelming urge to write bawdy limericks instead of the more dignified and refined poetry that he had written all his life.

A Summary and Analysis of John Cheever’s ‘The Enormous Radio’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘The Enormous Radio’ is a short story by the American writer John Cheever, first published in the New Yorker in 1947 and then collected in The Enormous Radio and Other Stories in 1953. A magic realist story, ‘The Enormous Radio’ is about a middle-aged married couple who buy a radio which allows them to listen in on their neighbours’ conversations.