An antic riff on Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, in which a latter-day Arthur Dimmesdale is sent west from his Midwestern parish in sexual disgrace--from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. "Updike may be America's finest novelist and [this] is quintessential Updike."-- The Washington Post At a desert retreat dedicated to rest, recreation, and spiritual renewal, this fortyish serial fornicator is required to keep a journal whose thirty-one ...
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An antic riff on Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, in which a latter-day Arthur Dimmesdale is sent west from his Midwestern parish in sexual disgrace--from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. "Updike may be America's finest novelist and [this] is quintessential Updike."-- The Washington Post At a desert retreat dedicated to rest, recreation, and spiritual renewal, this fortyish serial fornicator is required to keep a journal whose thirty-one weekly entries constitute the book you now hold in your hand. In his wonderfully overwrought style he lays bare his soul and his past--his marriage to the daughter of his ethics professor, his affair with his organist, his antipathetic conversations with his senile father and his bisexual curate, his golf scores, his poker hands, his Biblical exegeses, and his smoldering desire for the directress of the retreat, the impregnable Ms. Prynne. A testament for our times.
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Add this copy of A Month of Sundays to cart. $2.92, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Knopf Publishing Group.
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First Edition. With publisher issued author photo and review request slip. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
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Very good in good dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked. DJ has one 1/2 tear at tail of spine. Price clipped. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Good, Very good. 8vo, 228 Dent in upper back cover corner. Spine tight. pages white and crisp. Spine is cocked, covers slightly bowed. Jacket priceclipped.
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