false 213618 3 Innocent, old-fashioned, self-aware, Cheever's people are summoned by strange and improbable events to ponder the values they have been taught to trust...decency, common sense, nostalgia, even truth. Stunned by these encounters, they nevertheless survive. <P>A worn-out poet finds peace in his heart as he lays his Lermontov medal at the foot of the sacred angel; a prosperous suburbanite contemplates his predicament when his wife joins the cast of a nude show; a guileless and romantic well digger, anxious for a bride, visits Russia, falls in love and returns home "singing the unreality blues"; and a miserably married man fantasizes a beautiful lover who comes to him for strength, love and counsel while he tends the charcoal grill in the backyard. 206793 1973 World of Apples total:32|5:0|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 32 120 40 5 4 0 false false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 10:51:21 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 10:56:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 16 17:10:02 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 10:01:53 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 29 20:23:35 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 20:26:48 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 09:47:35 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 09:49:44 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Feb 26 11:16:37 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 28 14:53:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 21:20:31 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 21:20:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 01:00:24 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 01:00:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 09 12:47:45 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 12:47:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 06:40:17 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:11:08 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 06:40:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 13 13:56:40 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 13:56:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 13:41:06 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 13:41:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 09 10:48:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:48:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 09:39:45 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 09:39:45 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu May 28 11:26:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:55:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 08 05:08:19 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 05:08:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 13 14:19:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 14:19:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 18 21:15:13 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 16:16:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 04:27:47 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 04:27:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Mar 13 20:41:48 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 20:41:48 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Mar 09 22:29:21 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 22:29:21 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=213618