Innocent, old-fashioned, self-aware, Cheever's people are summoned by strange and improbable events to ponder the values they have been taught to trust...decency, common sense, nostalgia, even truth. Stunned by these encounters, they nevertheless survive.
A worn-out poet finds peace in his heart as he lays his Lermontov medal at the foot of the sacred angel; a prosperous suburbanite contemplates his predicament when his wife joins the cast of a nude show; a guileless and romantic well digger, anxious for a bride, visits Russia, falls in love and returns home "singing the unreality blues"; and a miserably married man fantasizes a beautiful lover who comes to him for strength, love and counsel while he tends the charcoal grill in the backyard.
A worn-out poet finds peace in his heart as he lays his Lermontov medal at the foot of the sacred angel; a prosperous suburbanite contemplates his predicament when his wife joins the cast of a nude show; a guileless and romantic well digger, anxious for a bride, visits Russia, falls in love and returns home "singing the unreality blues"; and a miserably married man fantasizes a beautiful lover who comes to him for strength, love and counsel while he tends the charcoal grill in the backyard.
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Hardback Editions
March 1974 : Hardback
| Title: The World of Apples Author(s): John Cheever ISBN: 0-224-00967-2 / 978-0-224-00967-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1973 : Hardback
| Title: The World of Apples Author(s): John Cheever ISBN: 0-394-48346-4 / 978-0-394-48346-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1954 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
February 1978 : Paperback
| Title: World of Apples Author(s): John Cheever ISBN: 0-446-89645-4 / 978-0-446-89645-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Warner Books Inc (Mm) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1974 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
August 1986 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The World Of Apples Author(s): John Cheever ISBN: 0-7366-0826-5 / 978-0-7366-0826-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
April 2004 : Kindle edition
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