"Reunion" is a short story by the American writer John Cheever,Cheever, John. Reunion. ''Literature: A Pocket Anthology.'' Fourth Edition. Edited by R. S. Gwynn. New York: Penguin, 2009. first published in the October 27, 1962 issue of ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'', and later collected in ''

The Stories of John Cheever ''The Stories of John Cheever'' is a 1978 short story collection by American author John Cheever. It contains some of his most famous stories, including "The Enormous Radio", "Goodbye, My Brother", "The Country Husband", " The Five-Forty-Eight" ...

'' (1978). It is about a boy who meets his father.

Synopsis

Charlie, the narrator, recalls an afternoon meeting as a boy with his father while transferring trains at Grand Central Station in New York City. The boy is innocent and naive and expects his meeting with his father to be an opportunity to reconnect. When he abruptly leaves his father, we assume he now understands why his mother divorced his father, and he also ceases contact with the man. He no longer sees him as a fatherly figure.

References

{{John Cheever 1962 short stories Short stories by John Cheever Works originally published in The New Yorker