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They turned off their radio at midnight and went to bed, weak with laughter. Sometime in the night, their son began to call for a glass of water and Irene got one and took it to his room. It was very early. All the lights in the neighborhood were extinguished, and from the boy’s window she could see the empty street.
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May 17, 1947. " The Enormous Radio " is a short story by American author John Cheever. It first appeared in the May 17, 1947, issue of The New Yorker, and was subsequently collected in The Enormous Radio and Other Stories. [1], 55 Short Stories from the New Yorker, and The Stories of John Cheever . "The Enormous Radio" was included ...
- John Cheever
- 1947
A magic realist story about a couple who buy a radio that can eavesdrop on their neighbours’ conversations. The radio reveals their hypocrisy and secrets, and exposes their own flaws and insecurities.
23 mag 2021 · A short story by John Cheever about a radio that eavesdrops on the private conversations of neighbors. The story explores the themes of hypocrisy, betrayal, and disillusionment in a realistic and ironic way.
A short story by John Cheever about a couple who buy a radio that broadcasts their neighbors' sounds and secrets. The radio reveals the contrast between their false appearance of happiness and their true discontent, and the inescapability of worldly knowledge.
19 lug 2022 · Mankato, Minn. : Creative Education. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. 32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. A married couple's new radio tunes into the private lives of everybody else in their New York City apartment building.
Fiction. The Enormous Radio. By John Cheever. May 9, 1947. The New Yorker, May 17, 1947 P. 28. The Westcotts buy a radio which in some peculiar fashion picks up sounds in other apartments in...
