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Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, "Rabbit Remembered"by John Updike
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:“A TOUCHING, ELEGIAC COLLECTION OF STORIES about infidelity, about the weight of family, about the dwindling of years, about the heart and other organs. . . . [Updike] works so slowly and carefully that you rarely see the emotional punches coming.”
–Newsweek “THESE STORIES SHARE A THEME OF RETROSPECT AND A BITTERSWEET TONE OF FORGIVENESS. . . . Updike, who has found in Rabbit an indispensable, if unlikely, vehicle for his truest insights into the mysterious of manhood, the promise of American life and the operations of divine grace, could no more pass up the opportunity for a further Rabbit report than Rabbit himself could forgo a bowl of macadamia nuts. . . . His observations eddy and swirl into the main stream of his narrative, swelling it with life.” –The New York Times Book Review “ ‘RABBIT REMEMBERED’ IS A THING OF RICH SATISFACTION. . . . IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET . . . Throughout the collection are passages of stylistic certainty and bittersweet intimacy.” –The Boston Sunday Globe “OUTSTANDING WORK . . . We always suspected that Updike would try to pull one more Rabbit out of his hat. Now, some 10 years after the death of everybody’s favorite Updike character, Updike has done just that, and with great success. . . . ‘Rabbit Remembered’ ranks with his best work.” –The Star-Ledger “GLIMMERING . . . SEDUCTIVE . . . JOHN UPDIKE HITS HIS STRIDE” –Entertainment Weekly Synopsis: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. He is the father of four children and the
Synopsis:Twelve short stories revisit the locales of the author's previous works of fiction and focus on a theme of love, an anthology that is complemented by a novella-length sequel, "Rabbit Remembered," to his Harry Angstrom series. Reprint.
Table of ContentsThe women who got away — Lunch hour — New York girl — My father on the verge of disgrace — The cats — Oliver's evolution — Natural color — Licks of love in the heart of the Cold War — His oeuvre — How was it, really? — Scenes from the fifties — Metamorphosis — Rabbit remembered.
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