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Loading... PIGEON FEATHERS - and Other Stories: Walter Briggs; The Persistence of… (original 1962; edition 1963)by John Updike
Work detailsPigeon Feathers and Other Stories by John Updike (1962)
None. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1981. Full-Leather. Book Condition: Fine. Dacey, Bob (illustrator). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9¾" tall. Brown original publisher's leather binding; lettering in gilt on the spine; elaborate design in gilt on the front cover and on the spine; a.e.g.; four raised bands on the spine; brown moire end papers; hinges, book and binding are as new; sewn-in ribbon marker; a beautiful copy   Czrbr | Jun 7, 2010 |  Fine hardcover, full brown calf with four raised bands, gilt ornamentation and textblock, silk moir endpapers, and ribbon page marker, 276 pages. Prior owner housed in a glass case in a smoke free environment, a fine, crisp, unread copy. Prior owners blind-stamp on flyleaf. Czrbr | Jun 7, 2010 | Pigeon Feathers is a collection of short stories about Love’s shadow. By that I mean it is not about Love but about Love’s side effects. Lust, longing, loss. It’s a passionless book about passions. I haven’t read anything else by John Updike and this doesn’t make me want to. He writes the way I’m afraid I will. Too many words, so carefully arranged to make an impact that you only notice the arrangement and never feel the impact. A gilded cardboard sledgehammer. I have to admit I haven’t finished it. I won’t abandon it. I’ll put it somewhere I can pick it up when I have a spare minute or two (and we all know where that is) and I will plough through the last four stories. It’s not that it’s a bad book, just that it isn’t a good one. (  ) Scriberpunk | Apr 19, 2010 | This short collection of stories displays a realistic view of small town life that, presumably, Updike himself experienced. The title story, Pigeon Feathers, is especially moving in its portrayal of a young boy's crisis of faith. The experience of the reality of death has more import than the questions and answers obtained in the local sunday school. (  ) jwhenderson | Mar 4, 2008 | Diarrhea of the mouth. The ridiculously long paragraphs combined with the small print are a real hassle to read. (  ) ague | Nov 8, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
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