£5.95
Title: Seventy Poems
Author: John Updike
Publisher : Penguin Books
Publication 1972
Format: Softback
Condition: Picture covers which are in a fairly good condition with slight curling to the corners.The pages are clean with no ink or pencil arks but are quite tanned due to age. Some photo illustrations to the back of the book.
Book measures: 18cm x 11cm with 127 pages
1 in stock
John Hoyer Updike, an eminent American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic, has left an indelible mark on literature. Notably, he stands among the elite group of only four writers who have been honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction on multiple occasions. Throughout his illustrious career, Updike authored over twenty compelling novels, a dozen captivating short-story collections, as well as remarkable poetry, art and literary critiques, and enchanting children’s books.
His literary genius found a prominent platform in The New Yorker, where countless of his stories, reviews, and poems graced the pages, commencing as early as 1954. Additionally, he maintained a regular column in The New York Review of Books. Among his many celebrated works, the “Rabbit” series shines as a pinnacle of his achievements. Comprising the novels “Rabbit, Run,” “Rabbit Redux,” “Rabbit Is Rich,” “Rabbit at Rest,” and the novella “Rabbit Remembered,” this compelling series artfully narrates the life of the relatable middle-class protagonist, Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, through several decades, capturing the essence of young adulthood to the finality of death.
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