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Loading... Rabbit Angstrom : The Four Novels : Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is…by John Updike
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a great series by Updike. It captures the essence of a man who is just doing the best he can to survive and live. He has little insight but struggles on anyway. It is very true to life. (  )cajunbear | Nov 23, 2008 |   I read these books individually in the order that they were written and found them all satisfying. Updike possessed a unique point of view and narrative voice, turning mundane things like sitting around the country club an exercise of minute observations, and making it interesting. His characters have wrinkles and flaws, the same kind you see in people you know. He's a national treasure. ( )fallsguy | Mar 12, 2008 | a book of serials. updike can write really well at times. only characters i wanted to follow after one book. ( 'redux' is the best. ) more of a commentary of the author's views of the changing times than anything else. still, though, decent but not enough to make me really care what happens to rabbit. (  )vyode | May 30, 2007 | 1.333 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345464567, Paperback)The first and second novels in John Updike’s acclaimed quartet of Rabbit books–now in one marvelous volume.RABBIT, RUN “Brilliant and poignant . . . By his compassion, clarity of insight, and crystal-bright prose, [Updike] makes Rabbit’s sorrow his and out own.” –The Washington Post “Precise, graceful, stunning, he is an athlete of words and images. He is also an impeccable observer of thoughts and feelings.” –The Village Voice RABBIT REDUX “ ‘Great in love, in art, boldness, freedom, wisdom, kindness, exceedingly rich in intelligence, wit, imagination, and feeling–a great and beautiful thing . . .’ these hyperboles (quoted from a letter written long ago by Thomas Mann) come to mind after reading John Updike’s Rabbit Redux.” –The New York Times Book Review “Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligence and a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit. . . . A masterpiece.” –Time (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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