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The Rabbit Novels, Vol. 2: Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit at Rest

by John Updike

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Publisher Comments:

The third and fourth novel in John Updike's acclaimed quartet of Rabbit books — now in one marvelous volume: Rabbit Is Rich, winner of the American Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Rabbit At Rest, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Review:

"Dazzlingly reaffirms Updike's place as master chronicler of the spiritual maladies and very earthly pleasure of the Middle-American male." Vogue (on Rabbit Is Rich)

Review:

"A splendid achievement!" The New York Times (on Rabbit Is Rich)

Review:

"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 (on Rabbit At Rest)

Review:

"Powerful....John Updike with his precision prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master." The New York Times Book Review (on Rabbit At Rest)

Review:

"The most authoritative and most magical portrait yet written of the past four decades of American life." Time

Synopsis:

The third and fourth novel in John Updikes acclaimed quartet of Rabbit books-now in one marvelous volume.

RABBIT IS RICH

Winner of the American Book Award and

the National Book Critics Circle Award

“Dazzlingly reaffirms Updikes place as master chronicler of the spiritual maladies and very earthly pleasure of the Middle-American male.”

-Vogue

“A splendid achievement!”

-The New York Times

RABBIT AT REST

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and

the National Book Critics Circle Award

“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 precisions prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master.”

-The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of the New Yorker and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the father of four children and the author of more than fifty books, including collections of short stories, poems, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award, and the Howells Medal.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780345464576
Author:
Updike, John
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Psychological fiction, American
Subject:
Middle class men
Subject:
Angstrom, Harry
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Rabbit Novels
Series Volume:
02
Publication Date:
November 2003
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
912
Dimensions:
8.26x5.48x1.56 in. 1.52 lbs.

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Product details 912 pages Ballantine Books - English 9780345464576 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Dazzlingly reaffirms Updike's place as master chronicler of the spiritual maladies and very earthly pleasure of the Middle-American male."
"Review" by , "A splendid achievement!"
"Review" by , "Brilliant....It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time."
"Review" by , "Powerful....John Updike with his precision prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master."
"Review" by , "The most authoritative and most magical portrait yet written of the past four decades of American life."
"Synopsis" by , The third and fourth novel in John Updikes acclaimed quartet of Rabbit books-now in one marvelous volume.

RABBIT IS RICH

Winner of the American Book Award and

the National Book Critics Circle Award

“Dazzlingly reaffirms Updikes place as master chronicler of the spiritual maladies and very earthly pleasure of the Middle-American male.”

-Vogue

“A splendid achievement!”

-The New York Times

RABBIT AT REST

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and

the National Book Critics Circle Award

“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 precisions prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master.”

-The New York Times Book Review

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