{"product_id":"john-updike-novels-1959-1965-loa-311-the-poorhouse-fair-rabbit-run-the-centaur-of-the-farm-hardcover","title":"John Updike: Novels 1959-1965 (Loa #311): The Poorhouse Fair \/ Rabbit, Run \/ The Centaur \/ Of the Farm - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Updike\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Carduff\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary of America launches its definitive multi-volume edition of John Updike's novels with the four early works that signaled the arrival of one of the most gifted young novelists of the 1960s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Updike had already made a name as a contributor of stories and poems to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e when, in January 1959, at the age of twenty-six, he published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Poorhouse Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, launching one of the most extraordinary literary careers in American letters. Now, Library of America inaugurates a multi-volume edition of Updike's novels with this volume gathering his first four novels, including the landmark \u003ci\u003eRabbit, Run\u003c\/i\u003e, chosen in 2010 by TIME Magazine one of the best 100 novels published in English since 1923. Set in the near future of 1978, \u003ci\u003eThe Poorhouse Fair\u003c\/i\u003e stages a conflict between John Hook, a rebellious ninety-four-year-old former schoolteacher now a resident of a rural poorhouse, and young Mr. Conner, the utilitarian humanist who runs the facility, as an allegory of resistance in a world of systems and efficiencies. Updike's legendary rejoinder to Jack Kerouac's \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRabbit, Run\u003c\/i\u003e (1960) introduces us to the author's most enduring protagonist, Harry \"Rabbit\" Angstrom, a onetime high-school basketball star who, on an impulse, deserts his wife and son, with tragic consequences. \u003ci\u003eThe Centaur\u003c\/i\u003e, a comic-tragic father-son novel that mixes memory and myth, won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1964. The novella \u003ci\u003eOf the Farm\u003c\/i\u003e (1965) is one of Updike's loveliest performances, a kind of chamber music for four voices set during a single memorable weekend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Updike\u003c\/b\u003e (1932-2009) was born 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 \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of more than sixty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the Howells Medal, among other honors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Carduff \u003c\/b\u003eis Books Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and a former consulting editor at the Library of America. He is the editor of John Updike's posthumous collections \u003ci\u003eHigher Gossip: Essays and Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlways Looking: Essays on Art, Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 850\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47497640607965,"sku":"9781598535815","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/e9GpZWVdX49781598535815.webp?v=1771985476","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/john-updike-novels-1959-1965-loa-311-the-poorhouse-fair-rabbit-run-the-centaur-of-the-farm-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}