"The Swimmer" is a short story by American author John Cheever. It was originally published in The New Yorker on July 18, 1964, and later in the short-fiction collections The Brigadier and the Golf Widow (1964) and The Stories of John Cheever (1978).[1] Considered one of the author's most outstanding works, "The Swimmer" has received exhaustive analysis from critics and biographers.[2][3][4][5]
In 1968, "The Swimmer" was adapted into a film of the same name, starring Burt Lancaster.[6] This is the only literary work by Cheever that has appeared on screen.[7][8] "The Swimmer" is also a crucial plot reference in Nanni Moretti's 2023 movie A Brighter Tomorrow (Il sol dell'avvenire).
