01163ojm 2200265z- 450 991015052140332120251118110949.00-06-196866-8(CKB)3710000000943974(BIP)049201560(ODN)ODN0002396509(EXLCZ)99371000000094397420231107c2009uuuu -u- -engPrefaceHarperCollinsHere is the preface to twelve magnificent stories, originally part ofThe John Cheever AudioCollection, in which John Cheever celebrates -- with unequaled grace and tenderness -- the deepest feelings we have.As Cheever writes in his preface, "These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light, when you heard the Benny Goodman quartets from a radio in the corner stationery store, and when almost everybody wore a hat."Cheever John1912-1982196340Streep MerylothCheever BenothGallagher PeterothAUDIO9910150521403321Preface3596076UNINA