"Brilliant and poignant...By his compassion, clarity of insight and crystal-bright prose, he makes Rabbit's sorrow his and our own."
THE WASHINGTON POST
Harry Angstrom was a star basketball player in high school and that was the best time of his life. Now in his mid-20s, his work is unfulfilling, his marriage is moribund, and he tries to find happiness with another woman. But happiness is more elusive than a medal, and Harry must continue to run--from his wife, his life, and from himself, until he reaches the end of the road and has to turn back....
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John Updike was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in 1932. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. In 2007 he received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Updike died in January 2009.
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Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Codice articolo wbs6361543458
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Da: Abound Book Company, Overland Park, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Eighth Printing. Stated 8th printing of the trade edition, not a book club. Same jacket art as first printing. Clean, bright yellow topedge however a little over a sq inch has been blacked out, a nice Ex-library copy with pocket and markings in rear and a few elsewhere. A very nice reading copy. Light tape ghosts to front and rear board ends. Clean, vg, non price clipped ($15.95) with a lib label on lower spine. Author's second novel and first of the Rabbit books. Early reprints of this title are uncommon. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo. Codice articolo 19117
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Da: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.19. Codice articolo 1572040662
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Da: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Near fine in a price-clipped good only dust jacket. (Clear tape mends on interior of jacket. Couple small edge chips. Shelf-wear to edges of jacket. ) Author's SECOND novel. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 307 pages. Codice articolo 3116811
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Da: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 307 pages. First edition, first state with the $4.00 price & 16-line blurb on the dust jacket front flap. His 4th book & 2nd novel. The 1st of the 4 Rabbit Angstrom books. Fine book with the top stain lightly faded in a near fine dust jacket with a trace of fading to the lower spine & slight wear to the top & bottom of the spine a couple of scratches to the front cover. A very nice copy! Codice articolo 0870230410
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Da: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Close to fine in a Nf. DJ. (Topstain lightly faded. 1/2"-inch tear at head of front panel of DJ. Couple smaller edge tears, with mild edgewear at crest of spine on DJ. Traces of light discoloration at lower spine on DJ. ) Author's breakthrough book. Codice articolo 29313
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Da: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Close to fine in near fine dust jacket. (Topstain lightly faded. 1/2"-inch tear at head of front panel of jacket. Couple smaller edge tears, with mild edge-wear at crest of spine on jacket. Traces of light discoloration at lower spine on jacket. ) Author's breakthrough book and first in the Rabbit series. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 307 pages. Codice articolo 3116812
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Da: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 307 pages. First edition, first state with the $4.00 price & 16-line blurb on the dust jacket front flap. Signed by Updike on the first page. His 4th book & 2nd novel. The 1st of the 4 Rabbit Angstrom books. Fine book a fine dust jacket with a hint of fading to the lower spine & a touch of rubbing to the top of the spine. A beautiful copy! Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo 3666673357
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