John Updike



John Updike

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born March 18, 1932
gender male
place of birth Shillington, Pennsylvania, United States
genre Literature & Fiction
influences Henry Green, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, J.D. Salinger, James Thurber

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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

books by John Updike

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avg rating: 3.65 | 8310 ratings | 162 distinct works
Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Run (Paperback)
by John Updike
avg rating 3.60 — 1906 ratings — published 1996
15 editions
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Rabbit Redux Rabbit Redux (Paperback)
by John Updike
avg rating 3.72 — 760 ratings — published 1996
14 editions
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Rabbit Is Rich Rabbit Is Rich (Paperback)
by John Updike
avg rating 3.86 — 525 ratings — published 1997
16 editions
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Rabbit at Rest Rabbit at Rest (Paperback)
by John Updike
avg rating 3.94 — 509 ratings — published 1996
14 editions
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The Witches of Eastwick The Witches of Eastwick (Paperback)
by John Updike
avg rating 3.32 — 437 ratings — published 1996
21 editions
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Couples Couples (Paperback)
by John Updike
avg rating 3.43 — 280 ratings — published 1996
16 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 (Everyman's Library)
by John Updike
avg rating 4.32 — 212 ratings — published 1995
2 editions
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Terrorist Terrorist (Hardcover)
by John Updike
avg rating 2.97 — 272 ratings — published 2006
15 editions
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Centaur Centaur (Paperback)
by John Updike
avg rating 3.77 — 197 ratings — published 1963
14 editions
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The Early Stories The Early Stories (Paperback)
by John Updike
avg rating 4.24 — 142 ratings — published 2005
4 editions
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quotes by John Updike

"What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit."
John Updike
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"When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.
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John Updike
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"First snow: it came this year late in November."
John Updike (Toward the End of Time)
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