John Updike







John Updike

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born
March 18, 1932

died
January 27, 2009

gender
male

place of birth
Shillington, Pennsylvania, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction

influences
Henry Green, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, J.D. Salinger, James Thurber


about this author

John Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) is an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and Rabbit Remembered). Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class," Updike is well known for his careful craftsmanship and prolific writing, having published 22 novels and more than a dozen short story collections as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems have appeared in The New Yorker since the 1950s. His works often explore sex, faith, and death, and their inter-relati...more




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avg rating: 3.61 | 18,646 ratings | 2,127 reviews | 170 distinct works | 63 fans
Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
avg rating 3.56 — 4,266 ratings — published 1960
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Rabbit Redux Rabbit Redux
by John Updike
avg rating 3.72 — 1,600 ratings — published 1971
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The Witches of Eastwick The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
avg rating 3.30 — 1,454 ratings — published 1984
23 editions
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Rabbit Is Rich Rabbit Is Rich
by John Updike
avg rating 3.87 — 1,197 ratings — published 1982
18 editions
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Rabbit at Rest Rabbit at Rest
by John Updike
avg rating 3.96 — 1,024 ratings — published 1990
19 editions
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Couples Couples
by John Updike
avg rating 3.48 — 600 ratings — published 1968
22 editions
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Terrorist Terrorist
by John Updike
avg rating 3.06 — 661 ratings — published 2006
19 editions
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The Centaur The Centaur
by John Updike
avg rating 3.71 — 421 ratings — published 1963
17 editions
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The Best American Short Storie... The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series)
by John Updike
avg rating 4.17 — 373 ratings — published 1999
5 editions
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Rabbit Angstrom : The Four Nov... Rabbit Angstrom : The Four Novels : Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest
by John Updike
avg rating 4.34 — 325 ratings — published 1995
2 editions
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"Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. "
John Updike
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"What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit."
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"Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings."
John Updike (A Month of Sundays)
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