John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He is the author of over fifty books, including The Poorhouse Fair; the Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest); Marry Me; The Witches of...

John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He is the author of over fifty books, including The Poorhouse Fair; the Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest); Marry Me; The Witches of...

Set in the near future of 2020, this disconcerting philosophical fantasy depicts an America devastated by a war with China that has left its populace decimated, its government a shambles, and its natural resources tainted. The hero is...

"Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism" ist eine Sammlung von Essays des amerikanischen Autors John Updike, die 2007 veröffentlicht wurde. In diesem Werk bietet Updike eine breite Palette an Themen, die von Literaturkritik über...

«Updikes frühere Romane über die Erbsünde sind harmlos, verglichen mit dieser feurigen Predigt.» (The Washington Post)Bei Roger Lambert, dem Ich-Erzähler des Buches, Pfeifenraucher, Professor für protestantische Theologie, erscheint...

Newly revised by the author for this edition, and printed together in one volume for the first time, Updike's four Rabbit novels chronicle the history of a man and a nation from the 1950s to the 1980s. von Updike, John

"Lectures on Literature" von John Updike ist eine Sammlung von Vorträgen, die der renommierte amerikanische Autor über bedeutende Werke der Weltliteratur gehalten hat. In diesem Buch analysiert und interpretiert Updike verschiedene...

Bech in Bedrängnis von Updike, John

More than three decades after the events described in The Witches of Eastwick, Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie-widowed, aging, and with their occult powers fading-return for the summer to the Rhode Island town where they once made piquant...

"Brazil" von John Updike ist ein Roman, der eine moderne Nacherzählung der legendären Liebesgeschichte von Tristan und Isolde in das exotische Setting Brasiliens verlegt. Die Geschichte dreht sich um die leidenschaftliche und...

My Father's Tears and Other Stories von Updike, John

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Howells Medal, and the National Book Critics Circle Award In John Updike's fourth and final novel about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the hero has acquired a Florida condo, a second grandchild, and a...