CD 1. Caedmon presents The John Cheever audio collection -- Preface / read by Benjamin Cheever -- The enormous radio / read by Meryl Streep -- They left the table ... -- Jim came home ... / The five-forty-eight / read by Edward Herrmann -- He looked around the car ... -- "Miss Dent?" CD 2. -- O city of broken dreams / read by Blythe Danner -- The walk over to the Murchisons' ... Evarts hurried back ... -- Christmas is a sad season for the poor / read by George Plimpton "By noon, the climate in the elevator ... -- CD 3. The season of divorce / read by Edward Herrmann -- We went to the Newsomes" -- The brigadier and the golf widow / read by Peter Gallagher -- "Where have you been?" -- The Pasterns' bomb shelter ... -- She poured what was left ... -- CD 4. The sorrows of gin / read by Meryl Streep -- The Lawtons had had a bad year ... -- When Amy had finished her supper ... -- It was after two ... -- O youth and beauty! / read by Peter Gallagher -- Then it is a summer night ... -- CD 5. The chaste Clarissa / read by Blythe Danner -- Baxter got Clarissa's mail ... -- The jewels of the Cabots / read by George Plimpton ; The Cabots had two daughters ... -- I'll blame it on the roast ... -- My real work these days ... --CD 6. -- The death of Justina / read by John Cheever -- At Proxmire manor ... -- The swimmer / read by John Cheever -- Had you gone for a Sunday afternoon ride ...
Summary:
A collection of short stories, punctuated by excerpts from an archival recording of the author reading his works.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.