As a special feature the volume also presents two short pieces that shed light on the novels and the tale 'Couples: A Short Story,' the origin of the novel of the same name, written in 1963 but deemed unsuitable for publication by The New Yorker. Written with the grace, verve, and style of one of literature's most sophisticated entertainers, these books not only reveal Updike's genius in characterization and his formal versatility as a novelist but also delve into the complexities of sex and marriage, social class and personal morality, and the difficult quandaries of the flesh and the spirit. In this sequel to Rabbit, Run, John Updike resumes the spiritual quest of his anxious Everyman, Harry Rabbit Angstrom. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Hoyer Updike (Ma January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic.

Here for the first time in one volume are three of John Updike's most essential novels-the scandalous Couples, the brilliant Rabbit Redux, and the uproarious A Month of Sundays-which together form an unforgettable triptych of the social turbulence that roiled America from the Kennedy to the Nixon years. When we left Rabbit at the conclusion of Rabbit Run, he had just suffered the loss of his infant daughter through the negligence of his estranged, alcoholic wife. Harry Angstrom known to all as Rabbit, one of America's most famous literary characters finds his dreary life shattered by the infidelity of his wife. John Updike, Rabbit Redux 70 likes Like We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn't big enough for all that wanting. Library of America's definitive Updike edition continues with three masterful novels on the joys and the discontents of the sexual revolution Rabbit Redux is the sequel to the novel Rabbit, Run written by John Updike, featuring as its protagonist, Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom. The assumptions and obsessions that control our daily lives are explored in tantalizing detail by master novelist John Updike in this wise, witty, sexy story. Rabbit Redux by John Updike 3.8 (12) Paperback (Reissue) 17.00 Paperback 17.00 eBook 11.99 Audiobook 0. Rabbit Redux Quotes Showing 1-30 of 47 That's the trouble with caring about anybody, you begin to feel overprotective.

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