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Rabbit at Rest

By John Updike

By John Updike

By John Updike

By John Updike

By John Updike

By John Updike

By John Updike
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By John Updike
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Paperback $18.00

Aug 27, 1996 | ISBN 9780449911945

Hardcover $35.00

Sep 26, 1990 | ISBN 9780394588155

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Aug 26, 2010 | ISBN 9780307744104

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Feb 17, 2009 | 1334 Minutes

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    About Rabbit at Rest

    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 troubled, overworked heart. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending him mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to return to the world of work. As, through the year of 1989, Reagan’s debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of the first George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live and opportunities to make peace with a remorselessly accumulating past.

    About Rabbit at Rest

    In John Updike’s fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to become a working girl. As, through the winter, spring, and summer of 1989, Reagan’s debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live. The geographical locale is divided between Brewer, in southestern Pennyslvania, and Deleon, in southwestern Florida.

    About Rabbit at Rest

    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 troubled, overworked heart. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending him mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to return to the world of work. As, through the year of 1989, Reagan’s debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of the first George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live and opportunities to make peace with a remorselessly accumulating past.

    About Rabbit at Rest

    In John Updike’s fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to become a working girl. As, through the winter, spring, and summer of 1989, Reagan’s debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live. The geographical locale is divided between Brewer, in southestern Pennyslvania, and Deleon, in southwestern Florida.

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    About John Updike

    JOHN UPDIKE is the author of more than sixty books, eight of them collections of poetry. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the William Dean Howells Medal of the American… More about John Updike

    About John Updike

    JOHN UPDIKE is the author of more than sixty books, eight of them collections of poetry. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the William Dean Howells Medal of the American… More about John Updike

    About John Updike

    JOHN UPDIKE is the author of more than sixty books, eight of them collections of poetry. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the William Dean Howells Medal of the American… More about John Updike

    About John Updike

    JOHN UPDIKE is the author of more than sixty books, eight of them collections of poetry. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the William Dean Howells Medal of the American… More about John Updike

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Aug 27, 1996 | 608 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780449911945

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $35.00
    Published by Knopf
    Sep 26, 1990 | 528 Pages | 5-3/4 x 8 | ISBN 9780394588155

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Random House
    Aug 26, 2010 | 608 Pages | ISBN 9780307744104

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $30.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Feb 17, 2009 | 1334 Minutes | ISBN 9780739376362

    Praise

    “Rich and rewarding . . . Updike is working at the full height of his powers.”—The New York Times
     
    “Brilliant . . . It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time.”—The Washington Post Book World
     
    “Powerful . . . John Updike with his precisian’s prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master.”—Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review

    Awards

    National Book Critics Circle Awards WINNER 1990

    Pulitzer Prize WINNER 1991

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