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The Widows of Eastwick John Updike 2008 FLAT SIGNED 1st First Edition
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Flat signed on title page, not inscribed. Like new condition.”
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- John Updike
- Signed
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780307269607
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307269604
ISBN-13
9780307269607
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65667046
Product Key Features
Book Title
Widows of Eastwick
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / General, Occult & Supernatural, Satire, Literary
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-018513
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Ingenious . . . This isn't writing. It is magic."-- New York Times Book Review "With its fiery energy and wicked humor, The Widows of Eastwick is a truly enjoyable book to read [and] might just be [John Updike's] best novel since 1990's Pulitzer Prize--winning Rabbit at Rest ."-- Kansas City Star "Dazzling Updikean prose . . . Here's a bet his work will keep fresh for generations, inciting laughter, wonder and sensuous shivers."-- Los Angeles Times "An amusing romp . . . made unexpectedly moving by the author's profundity and his renowned dexterity with language . . . [Updike is a] master of making us want to guffaw and weep in the same sentence."-- Houston Chronicle "Elegant prose and unfailing wit . . . There is moral courage in these pages. And kindness too."-- Washington Times, "John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters. His output alone . . . has been supernatural. More wizardly still is the ingenuity of his prose . . . This isn't writing. It is magic . . . Updike's asperities on age reflect back on himself, but not in the way we might expect. At 76, he still wrings more from a sentence than almost anyone else. His sorcery is startlingly fresh, page upon page . . . [Updike's subject is] nothing less than 'the whole mass of middling, hidden, troubled America.' No writer of our time has reached into it so deeply or conjured so many of its mysteries so pulsingly to life." Sam Tanenhaus,The New York Times Book Review "If wit is a form of witchcraft, igniting sparks from airy nothingness, concocting a peppery brew of words, then John Updike's powers are undiminished . . . In wickedly glinting sentences, Updike explores the distinctly unmagical humiliations of advancing age, and the prickly temptations of sin." O, the Oprah Magazine "The Widows of Eastwickmight just be his best novel since 1990's Pulitzer Prize-winningRabbit at Rest." John Mark Eberhart,Kansas City Star "There's no one quite like John Updike for a trip to New England. History, theology, period-detailed houses and frequent sex whiz by in a blur of inimitable writing . . . Thank whatever deity you happen to worship . . . because Updike has now writtenThe Widows of Eastwick, a frolicsome new book about the trio [of witches of Eastwick]. As with New England autumns, we witness a maturing of these women's naturesa last, hot-red, end-of-season change as rendered by this literary sorcerer." Celia McGee,Town & Country "Vibrant characters, careful detailing, and a sense of anticipation of impending dire events leave this an absorbing read, enjoyable to its fullest even by readers unfamiliar with its predecessor." Booklist "[I]ts seamless blending of dexterously plotted narrative with penetrating characterizations . . . evoke with nearly Tolstoyan poignancy the weary, resigned clairvoyance of old age . . ." Kirkus Reviews "Updike hasn't only written a stunner. This serious literary novelist has also used romance fiction to supply important insights into what narrative art of any kind consists of: tons of hard work and a devotion to detail. The luminosity ofWidowsconfirms the wisdom of his advice." Peter Wolfe,St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Widows of Eastwickis by turns funny, philosophical, suspenseful, and sad. At 76, Updike remains America's greatest writer, invoking his distinctive brand of magical realism in an elegantly written, occasionally crabby, often moving meditation on original sin, aging, and atonement . . . Updike provides inWidowsa penetrating and poignant portrait of the domestic lives of women, married and single, so many of whom feel disempowered or warped." Glenn Altschuler,Jerusalem Post
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
A master of American letters and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series returns with a sequel to The Witches of Eastwick about the three much-loved divorcées--three decades later. More than three decades have passed since the events described in John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick. The three divorcées--Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie--have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world, to such foreign lands as Canada, Egypt, and China, and renew old acquaintance. Why not, Sukie and Jane ask Alexandra, go back to Eastwick for the summer? The old Rhode Island seaside town, where they indulged in wicked mischief under the influence of the diabolical Darryl Van Horne, is still magical for them. Now Darryl is gone, and their lovers of the time have aged or died, but enchantment remains in the familiar streets and scenery of the village, where they enjoyed their lusty primes as free and empowered women. And, among the local citizenry, there are still those who remember them, and wish them ill. How they cope with the lingering traces of their evil deeds, the shocks of a mysterious counterspell, and the advancing inroads of old age, form the burden on Updike's delightful, ominous sequel., More than three decades have passed since the events described in John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick . The three divorc es--Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie--have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world, to such foreign lands as Canada, Egypt, and China, and renew old acquaintance. Why not, Sukie and Jane ask Alexandra, go back to Eastwick for the summer? The old Rhode Island seaside town, where they indulged in wicked mischief under the influence of the diabolical Darryl Van Horne, is still magical for them. Now Darryl is gone, and their lovers of the time have aged or died, but enchantment remains in the familiar streets and scenery of the village, where they enjoyed their lusty primes as free and empowered women. And, among the local citizenry, there are still those who remember them, and wish them ill. How they cope with the lingering traces of their evil deeds, the shocks of a mysterious counterspell, and the advancing inroads of old age, form the burden on Updike's delightful, ominous sequel.
LC Classification Number
PS3571.P4W48 1996
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