Updike, John (1 - 10)
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| 1. | [no image] | Rabbit, run from Alfred A. Knopf Customer Review:  Harry a.k.a., Rabbit Angstrom, in this first installment of John Updike's tetrology, is a case where fallen human nature displays itself in actions and attitudes reinforced by a number of factors. The first is the family upbringing and the kind of theology one grew up with. Here Updike alludes that... |
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| 2. |  | Franz Kafka: The Complete Stories from Schocken Books Inc. Customer Review:  The fact that Kafka's 55 short works (many unfinished, some only a paragraph long, and some not published during his lifetime) are included in this volume make it invaluable. |
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| 3. |  | Rabbit Redux from Ballantine Books Customer Review:  David Foster Wallace classifies Updike with Roth and Mailer as one of the GANs, "Great American Narcissists," and anyone who has read Updike would tend to agree. Wallace's characterization of the man was not necessarily an insult, just a description, and Wallace generally approves of Updike. One can... |
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| 4. |  | Rabbit is Rich from Fawcett Customer Review: It's understandable why learned Pulitzer members awarded the truly gifted writer, Mr. Updike, their prize. They probably could relate to Harry Angstrom and the other people who inhabit "Rabbit is Rich." It's putting it mildly to say that deep introspection isn't these character's strong suit. This... |
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| 5. |  | Rabbit at Rest from Ballantine Books Customer Review: yet admirable protagonist? After all of the things that he has done, how can you possibly like Rabbit Angstrom? Yet you do! He faces trial after trial after trial. You can tell he knows the right thing to do, and sometimes briefly considers doing it. Yet, more often than not, he ends up doing the... |
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| 6. |  | Terrorist from Hamish Hamilton an imprint of Penguin Books / London Customer Review:  John Updike wrote some very good books, but this isn't one of them. Although the premise is believable -- young Arab-American convinces himself that an act of terrorism on American soil is the way to go -- the contrived plot and ridiculous ending make it a waste of time. Only a writer with Updike's... |
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| 7. | [no image] | The Witches of Eastwick from A Fawcett Crest Book Customer Review: This was probably one of the worst books I've ever read; it doesn't even deserve 1 star! Well, I actually couldn't even force myself to finish it. Updike goes on and on and on with pointless descriptions, making it hard to get interested in the book. There really is no plot. He jumps all over the... |
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| 8. |  | The Centaur from Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Customer Review: It was a good purchase for the money paid. Better quality books generally cost much more:-) |
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| 9. |  | Couples from Penguin Books Customer Review: "Couples" is an erudite -- if not, at times, overly rigorous -- analysis of marriage; and an attempt to explain how and why our commitments, which here also includes professional life, fail to provide the satisfaction we hoped to find within their strictures. Updike's protagonist -- Piet... |
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| 10. |  | IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES from FAWCETT COLUMBINE Customer Review: John Updike is a masterful writer. This novel, covering four generations of a family, starts with a powerful, moving, credible account of a minister struggling with his loss of faith. As one who has also lost his faith, I found this account credible. |
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