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THE EARLY STORIES
1953-1975 |
| By: |
John Updike |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0241142644 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780241142646 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
29 January, 2004 |
| Pages: |
864 |
| Description: |
Opens with the author's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town, from there follows tales of life away from home, student days, early marriage and young families, and finally his experimental stories on 'The Single Life'. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a grand collection of John Updike's inimitable early stories. Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town. There follows tales of life away from home, student days, early marriage and young families, and finally Updike's experimental stories on 'The Single Life'. Here, then, is a rich and satisfying feast of Updike - his wit, his easy mastery of language, his genius for recalling the subtleties of ordinary life and the excitements, and perils, of the pursuit of happiness. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Hamish Hamilton Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of PEN / Faulkner Award for Fiction 2004 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |