I thought John's comment on 'The Swimmer' being a metaphor for alchoholism made sense, but it has been a while since I read the story. It is possible that I am confusing dear old Cheever with the slightly more mischievous Raymond Carver!
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Cheever's ever-popular, many-faceted short story, "The Swimmer," accommodates various readings, particular and universal. ... Cheever, very possibly, was mindful of how his story's central metaphor reiterates a dramatic image pivotally located at the outset of the Inferno.
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The Swimmer (1968) More at IMDbPro » ... Tagline: The famed John Cheever short story appeared in the New Yorker and people talked. Now there will be talk again. When you sense this man's vibrations and share his colossal hang-up . . . will you see someone you know, or love?
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Online su Carmilla il mio breve saggio su un famoso magnifico racconto di John Cheever, uno dei maggiori novellieri nordamericani del novecento. Esce a pochi giorni dal quarantacinquesimo ... Staying with this metaphor of failure and decay, ... In fact, his father went through the same kind of experience of the Swimmer:
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Lisbon and Hackensack in Cheever's 'The Swimmer Journal article by David J. Piwinski; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 33, 1996. Read Lisbon and Hackensack in Cheever's 'The Swimmer at Questia library. ... Questia's powerful research tools allow you to highlight, take notes, bookmark and even create ... You Are Reading:
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4) In "The Swimmer," John Cheever uses the metaphor of the swimmer to describe the escape of a modern man from his personal life. ... 8) Describe how the Depression is reflected in the writings of John Steinbeck or William Faulkner.
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i read "The Swimmer" for the first time on my bed in the Maryland suburbs, one winter afternoon when I was sixteen or seventeen. but I read on, and soon found myself lost in the weird, lovely dreamland of John Cheever's greatest story.
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John Cheever's "The Swimmer"; Commentary by Karen Bernardo; John Cheever's story "The Swimmer" starts off reasonably enough. ... Would you like to read John Cheever's stories in their entirety? Click here! The Stories of John Cheever...
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The Journey theme has always been a favorite one for story-tellers everywhere, as a metaphor for life and its experiences. ... It is almost the whole story in a curious and little-noticed movie called The Swimmer, based on a story by John Cheever. A Connecticut suburbanite (played by Burt Lancaster) decides to go home by...
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Is it actually about defiance or more a metaphor for the passing of time ... Title:  What is the theme of John Cheever's short story, "The Swimmer"?
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