Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike

Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike

NATIONAL BESTSELER
A LIVING, POWERFULY PHYSICAL WORK . . . UPDIKE IS A SUPERBLY SKILFUL WRITER.
-The Wall Street Journal
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS UPDIKE! Our own king of erudition has gone back to the Hamlet story to imagine its inception: its offstage pre-story, when Claudius fell in love with his brother's queen and that first dastardly deed in the garden was set in motion. Wickedly replete with allusions, weaving the history of ideas with the lustier possibilities of adulterous coupling. . . . There is something delightful about following Updike down this path, seeing his sentiments and sympathies unfold.
-The Boston Globe
WITY . . . FRESH AND MOVING . . . Engrossing enough on its own terms to stand independently of Shakespeare's play.
-Time
[UPDIKE] HAS MANAGED TO CREATE IN GERTRUDE A GENUINELY COMPELING CHARACTER, a woman who is, by turns, vulnerable and outspoken, daring and naive. . . . One of his most sympathetic and persuasive female characters.
-The New York Times
BRILIANT.
-New Republic

In 1954, John Updike graduated from Harvard College and spent a year at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford, England. He was a member of The New Yorker's staff from 1955 until 1957. He has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his works. Updike earned the Rea Prize for Short Fiction in 2006, and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his Early Tales (1953-1975). In January 2009, he passed away.

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ISBN 13	9780375409080
ISBN 10	0375409084
Title	Gertrude and Claudius
Author	John Updike
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Year published	2000-02-08
Number of pages	208
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