The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describ… - John Cheever

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The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a foul ball. This is ceremony.

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About John Cheever

John Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer.

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Birth Name: John William Cheever
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