The Enormous Radio (short story)

Author: John Cheever

Type: Short Story

As Noted In: Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas, Phantom

The Enormous Radio is a short story by American author John Cheever, first published in The New Yorker on 17 May 1947. The tale follows Jim and Irene Westcott, a seemingly ordinary couple living in a large East Side apartment building who purchase a new radio that behaves in a strange way. - AsNotedIn

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Turtle Bay, The Westcotts buy a radio which in some peculiar fashion picks up sounds in other apartments in their large East Side building.

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Y/M/D		Association	Description	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1947/05/10	John Cheever	Author	The New Yorker listens to John Cheever's "The Enormous Radio" and makes it the featured fiction piece for the next issue. (Published date)
1947/05/17	The New Yorker	Publisher	"The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever is published in The New Yorker (Cover date).

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Particulars for The Enormous Radio (short story):
Narrative Arts	Fiction	prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts	Narrative	an account of connected events
Narrative Arts	Prose	ordinary written language
Area of Significance	Radio Broadcasting
Art Type	Short Story	short form narrative fiction

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