Rabbit at Rest by John Updike

Rabbit at Rest by John Updike

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * One of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century brings back ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the late middle-aged hero of Rabbit, Run, who has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild, and is looking for reasons to live. 

"Brilliant . . . the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time."--The Washington Post Book World

Rabbit's son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to become a working girl. As, through the winter, spring, and summer of 1989, Reagan's debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live. The geographical locale is divided between Brewer, in southestern Pennyslvania, and Deleon, in southwestern Florida.

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	9780449911945
ISBN 10	0449911942
Title	Rabbit at Rest
Author	John Updike
Series	Rabbit
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1996-08-27
Number of pages	608
Prizes	Winner of Pulitzer Prize 1991
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