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John Updike
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Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems appeared in ''The New Yorker'' starting in 1954. He also wrote regularly for ''The New York Review of Books''. His most famous work is his "Rabbit" series (the novels ''Rabbit, Run''; ''Rabbit Redux''; ''Rabbit Is Rich''; ''Rabbit at Rest''; and the novella ''Rabbit Remembered''), which chronicles the life of the middle-class everyman Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom over the course of several decades, from young adulthood to death. Both ''Rabbit Is Rich'' (1981) and ''Rabbit at Rest'' (1990) were awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class", critics recognized his careful craftsmanship, his unique prose style, and his prolific outputa book a year on average. Updike populated his fiction with characters who "frequently experience personal turmoil and must respond to crises relating to religion, family obligations, and marital infidelity".
His fiction is distinguished by its attention to the concerns, passions, and suffering of average Americans, its emphasis on Christian theology, and its preoccupation with sexuality and sensual detail. His work has attracted significant critical attention and praise, and he is widely considered one of the great American writers of his time. Updike's highly distinctive prose style features a rich, unusual, sometimes arcane vocabulary as conveyed through the eyes of "a wry, intelligent authorial voice that describes the physical world extravagantly while remaining squarely in the realist tradition". He described his style as an attempt "to give the mundane its beautiful due". Provided by Wikipedia
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Bech; a book [1st ed.] by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1970Description: vi, 206 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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The centaur [1st ed.] by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1963Description: 302 pages ; 22 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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The music school; short stories [1st ed.] by Updike, John
Published: A. A. Knopf, 1966Description: 259 pages ; 24 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Rabbit, run [1st ed.] by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1960Description: 307 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Marry me : a romance 1st trade ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1976Description: 303 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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The coup 1st ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1978Description: 298 pages ; 22 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Rabbit is rich 1st ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1981Description: 467 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…Contributor biographical information
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Hugging the shore : essays and criticism 1st ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1983Description: xx, 919 pages ; 22 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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The witches of Eastwick 1st trade edition. by Updike, John
Published: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984Description: 307 pages ; 22 cm.Call Number: Loading…Contributor biographical information
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Roger's version 1st ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1986Description: 328 pages ; 22 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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S. 1st ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1988Description: 279 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Rabbit at rest 1st trade ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1990Description: 512 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Odd jobs : essays and criticism 1st ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1991Description: xxii, 919 pages ; 25 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Memories of the Ford administration : a novel 1st trade ed. by Updike, John
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Brazil 1st Trade ed. by Updike, John
Published: A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1994Description: 260 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Licks of love : short stories and a sequel 1st trade ed. by Updike, John
Published: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000Description: 359 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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In the beauty of the lilies 1st trade ed. by Updike, John
Published: A.A. Knopf, 1996Description: 491 pages ; 22 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Rabbit redux by Updike, John
Published: Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1981Description: 406 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Of the farm [1st ed.] by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1965Description: 177 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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The poorhouse fair 1st ed. by Updike, John
Published: Knopf, 1966Description: 185 pages ; 21 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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