Couples. Jacket design by Patricia Davey 8vo. pp. 458. . Ottimo (Fine). Fioriture ai tagli (Yellowing of edges). Prima edizione (First Edition). .
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“Couples [is] John Updike’s tour de force of extramarital wanderlust.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Trapped in their cozy catacombs, the couples have made sex by turns their toy, their glue, their trauma, their therapy, their hope, their frustration, their revenge, their narcotic, their main line of communication and their sole and pitiable shield against the awareness of death.”—Time
“Ingenious . . . If this is a dirty book, I don’t see how sex can be written about at all.”—Wilfrid Sheed, The New York Times Book Review
John Updike was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in 1932. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. In 2007 he received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Updike died in January 2009.
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Good. One of the signature novels of the American 1960s, Couples is a book that, when it debuted, scandalized the public with prose pictures of the way people live, and that today provides an engrossing epitaph to the short, happy life of the post-Pill paradise. It chronicles the interactions of ten young married couples in a seaside New England community who make a cult of sex and of themselves. The group of acquaintances form a magical circle, complete with ritualistic games, religious substitutions, a priest (Freddy Thorne), and a scapegoat (Piet Hanema). As with most American utopias, this one s existence is brief and unsustainable, but the imaginative quest that inspires its creation is eternal. N° de réf. du vendeur 00051921918
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Vendeur : BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. N° de réf. du vendeur 0233960740-7-1-13_29
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Good. One of the signature novels of the American 1960s, Couples is a book that, when it debuted, scandalized the public with prose pictures of the way people live, and that today provides an engrossing epitaph to the short, happy life of the post-Pill paradise. It chronicles the interactions of ten young married couples in a seaside New England community who make a cult of sex and of themselves. The group of acquaintances form a magical circle, complete with ritualistic games, religious substitutions, a priest (Freddy Thorne), and a scapegoat (Piet Hanema). As with most American utopias, this one s existence is brief and unsustainable, but the imaginative quest that inspires its creation is eternal. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0233960740G
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Vendeur : WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. N° de réf. du vendeur rev6754783200
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Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0233960740. N° de réf. du vendeur 5827177
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Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0233960740. N° de réf. du vendeur 9864360
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Vendeur : Sell Books, Elland, YORKS, Royaume-Uni
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Vendeur : M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good Jacket. Foxing on the endpapers. 1982 fifth impression Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. N° de réf. du vendeur 299373
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Third Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; [6], 458 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Married people Fiction. Suburban life Fiction. Adultery Fiction. United States Social life and customs 20th century Fiction. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 459916
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Vendeur : The Book Lovers, Philo, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good Plus. First Edition. DJ has a small tear repaired. Third printing before publication. National Book Award & Pulitzer Prize winning author. N° de réf. du vendeur 002376
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