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The Centaur

by John Updike

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In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lost touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his own relationship to Prometheus, The Centaur one of John Updike's most brilliant and unusual novels.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780449912164
Author:
Updike, John
Publisher:
Random House Trade
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
American
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
American fiction (fictional works by one auth
Subject:
Father and child -- Fiction.
Subject:
Pennsylvania Fiction.
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1996
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
19960831
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.26x5.52x.83 in. .64 lbs.
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