Ver a tamaño completo.
S : A Novel
de John Updike
- Nuevo
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0233982558
- ISBN 13
- 9780233982557
- Librería
-
Berkeley, California, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London, UK: Andre Deutsch, 1988. First Edition, 2nd Impression . Hardcover. New/Near Fine. John Hoyer Updike (1932 - 2009) wrote more than 20 novels, dozens of short stories as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books. Best known for his "Rabbit" series (the novels Rabbit Is Rich of 1982 and Rabbit at Rest of 1990 awarded the Pulitzer). Skilled in "the American small town, Protestant middle class", in this novel our protagnist also experiences "personal turmoil" while still sensitive to family obligations. This is the story of ''S''. Told through through letters written by Sarah P. Worth, a 42-year-old Massachusetts woman who quits her wealthy home & wealthy physician husband for the Arizona ashram of guru Shri Arhat Mindadali. Enamored with the offerings of the Hindu mystic, struggling along with other fellow sannyasins (pilgrims) aspiring to achieve moksha (salvation), while constantly writing to her husband, daughter, brother, dentist, hairdresser, psychiatrist, and bank manager. All to keep her old world in order. while creating a new one for herself.
Sinopsis
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.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- 100 POCKETS
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 019544
- Título
- S : A Novel
- Autor
- John Updike
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo New
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, 2nd Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0233982558
- ISBN 13
- 9780233982557
- Editorial
- Andre Deutsch
- Lugar de publicación
- London, UK
- Fecha de publicación
- 1988
- Palabras clave
- Fiction/Philosophy/American/Life
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Philosophy;
Términos de venta
100 POCKETS
If a book is damaged or lost in shipment, refund of book cost and postage is guaranteed. If a book is physically not as described in our posting, book cost and round-trip postage are refunded on the book�s return.
Sobre el vendedor
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
