S.
Updike, John
From H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since October 10, 2002
Quantity: 1From H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
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Quantity: 1About this Item
Updike's thirteenth novel takes the form of letters and tapes 42-year-old Sara Worth sends to her husband, mother, daughter and assorted friends and neighbors after abandoning her New England home to join a commune in Arizona. Like Hester Prynne in Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," Sara has fallen in love with a religious leader; in Sara's case, a Hindu named Arhat, resulting in a religious comedy, a romance, and Updike's meditation on American womanhood. Boards and text are clean, tight, perhaps a trace of spine lean; dustjacket is close to perfect with very minimal surface and edgewear. A very collectable copy. Seller Inventory # 004091
Bibliographic Details
Title: S.
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
About this title
"One of Updike's lightest, funniest, and sliest fictions -- a comedy about the sneaky economies of the spirit." -- The New Yorker
"Entirely satisfying and entertaining with a good half-dozen hilarious twists and surprises at the end for everyone...John Updike has given us with S., his 12th and funniest novel." -- Chicago Sun-Times
"Delightful and penetrating...[John Updike] is the chief chronicler of the life and times of the modern American middle class -- and perhaps its most important literary conscience." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Immensely clever...The novel glimmers with the wry intelligence one has come to associate with Updike's vision." -- The Boston Globe
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