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...

Gertrude and Claudius are the "villains" of Hamlet: he the killer of Hamlet's father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consort, who marries Claudius before her late husband's body is cold. But in this imaginative "prequel"...

"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...

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...

"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...

«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