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A magic realist story about a couple who buy a radio that can eavesdrop on their neighbours’ conversations. The radio reveals their hypocrisy and secrets, and exposes their own flaws and insecurities.
"The Enormous Radio" is a short story by American author John Cheever. It first appeared in the May 17, 1947, issue of The New Yorker, and was subsequently collected in The Enormous Radio and Other Stories., 55 Short Stories from the New Yorker, and The Stories of John Cheever.
She was confounded by the number of dials and switches on the instrument panel, and she studied them thoroughly before she put the plug into a wall socket and turned the radio on. The dials flooded with a malevolent green light, and in the distance she heard the music of a piano quartet.
May 23, 2021 · A short story by John Cheever about a radio that eavesdrops on the private conversations of neighbors. The story explores the themes of hypocrisy, betrayal, and disillusionment in a realistic and ironic way.
A short story by John Cheever about a couple who buy a radio that broadcasts their neighbors' sounds and secrets. The radio reveals the contrast between their false appearance of happiness and their true discontent, and the inescapability of worldly knowledge.
Jul 19, 2022 · A married couple's new radio tunes into the private lives of everybody else in their New York City apartment building
Published in the print edition of the May 17, 1947, issue, with the headline “The Enormous Radio.”
