The twenty-two stories in John Updike's eleventh collection explore life beyond middle age and find it to have its own wonders, from omniscient golf caddies to prescient sexual rumours, from losing mothers to gaining grandchildren. As death approaches, some of the ageing heroes find that life takes on a translucence and magical fragility, others that travel heightens perceptions and tensions. As is usual in Updike's fiction, spouses quarrel, lovers part, children are brave and houses have the presence of personalities. His ...
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The twenty-two stories in John Updike's eleventh collection explore life beyond middle age and find it to have its own wonders, from omniscient golf caddies to prescient sexual rumours, from losing mothers to gaining grandchildren. As death approaches, some of the ageing heroes find that life takes on a translucence and magical fragility, others that travel heightens perceptions and tensions. As is usual in Updike's fiction, spouses quarrel, lovers part, children are brave and houses have the presence of personalities. His is a world where innocence stubbornly persists, and fresh beginnings almost outnumber losses.
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Very Good. Used, dust jacket outer edges have minor scuffs, cover also has scratches, outer pages have shelf wear, book content is in very good condition. 336 p.
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Good in very good dust jacket. Good condition, green boards, unclipped, edges sun faded, bubble wrapped, mylar pro: 5* seller. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. To the hero of the title story of this collection, all of England has the glow of an afterlife: A miraculous lacquer lay upon everything, beading each roadside twig...each reed of thatch, each tiny daisy trembling in t
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. 9780241135013. Fiction. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; ISBN: 024113501x. ISBN/EAN: 9780241135013. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10437.
