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The Early Stories: 1953-1975
by John Updike
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400040728
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040728
- Seller
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked, NF/NF. 838pp. Unclipped jacket now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
Synopsis
A grand collection of John Updike's inimitable early stories.Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town. There follows tales of life away from home, student days, early marriage and young families, and finally Updike's experimental stories on 'The Single Life'. Here, then, is a rich and satisfying feast of Updike – his wit, his easy mastery of language, his genius for recalling the subtleties of ordinary life and the excitements, and perils, of the pursuit of happiness.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 065646
- Title
- The Early Stories: 1953-1975
- Author
- John Updike
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400040728
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040728
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
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About the Seller
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