Museums & Women And Other Stories

Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. Hardcover book, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Moderate wear, scuffing, and a few small spots to exterior. Binding is strong and all signatures are intact. Text block is free of markings and highlighting; no dog-ears or creased corners. 282 pp. with illustrations. <br /><br />Museums and Women gathers twenty-nine short stories from the 1960s and early 1970s. It is John Updike_x0092_s most various collection, a book as full of departures and surprises as the historical period that produced them. Some stories, such as the title piece, have the tone and personality of essays. Others objectify the chimeras of middle-class life, especially life in a fictional New England enclave called Tarbox. The illustrated jeux d'esprit in the section called "Other Modes" place Updike somewhere between Robert Benchley and Donald Barthelme as a toymaker in prose. Crowning the collection are five scenes from the marriage of Richard and Joan Maple, a story sequence with the narrative interest and cumulative power of a novel. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price. Ships from USA.