Rabbit Angstrom A Tetralogy

John Updike

ISBN 10: 185715214X / ISBN 13: 9781857152142

Edité par Everyman, GB, 1995

A propos de cet article

Newly revised by the author for this edition, and printed together in one volume for the first time, Updike's four Rabbit novels chronicle the history of a man and a nation from the 1950s to the 1980s. Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, athlete, is Mr Middle America. Dazzling in style, tender in feeling, often erotic in description and coruscating with realistic details which recreate a world in each novel, these books give a complete picture of their age.

N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9781857152142

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Rabbit Angstrom A Tetralogy
• Éditeur: Everyman, GB
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 185715214X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781857152142
• Reliure: Hardback
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 1300 grammes

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Synopsis

Newly revised by the author for this edition, and printed together in one volume for the first time, Updike's four Rabbit novels chronicle the history of a man and a nation from the 1950s to the 1980s. Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, athlete, is Mr Middle America. Dazzling in style, tender in feeling, often erotic in description and coruscating with realistic details which recreate a world in each novel, these books give a complete picture of their age.

À propos de l?auteur

John Updike was born in 1932, in hillington, Pennsylvania. 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, and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the father of four children and the author of more than fifty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award, and the Howells Medal. A previous collection of essays, Hugging the Shore, received the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism.