AUDIOBOOK
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Collected together for the first time on audio, these eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career form a luminous chronicle of the life and times of one marriage in all its rich emotional complexity. In 1956, Updike published a story, "Snowing in Greenwich Village," about a young couple, Joan and Richard Maple, at the beginning of their marriage. Over the next two decades, he returned to these characters again and again, tracing their years together raising children, finding moments of intermittent happiness, and facing the heartbreak of infidelity and estrangement.
"A masterpiece…Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit."
"The power of the novel comes from a sense, not absolutely unworthy of
Thomas Hardy, that the universe hangs over our fates like a great sullen
hopeless sky. There is real pain in the book, and a touch of awe."
"Brilliant and poignant…By his compassion, clarity of insight, and
crystal-bright prose, [John Updike] makes Rabbit's sorrow his and our
own."
"An awesomely accomplished writer…For God's sake, read the book. It may even-will probably change your life."
"A masterpiece…Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit."
"The power of the novel comes from a sense, not absolutely unworthy of
Thomas Hardy, that the universe hangs over our fates like a great sullen
hopeless sky. There is real pain in the book, and a touch of awe."
"Brilliant and poignant…By his compassion, clarity of insight, and
crystal-bright prose, [John Updike] makes Rabbit's sorrow his and our
own."
"An awesomely accomplished writer…For God's sake, read the book. It may even-will probably change your life."