John Cheever quote: The novel remains for me one of the few forms...where we can describe, step by step, minute by minute, our ...

The novel remains for me one of the few forms...where we can describe, step by step, minute by minute, our not altogether unpleasant struggle to put ourselves into a viable and devout relationship to our beloved and mistaken world.

~ John Cheever ~

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