Description
Here, in two career-spanning volumes, are 186 unforgettable stories, from "Ace in the Hole" (1953), a sketch of a Rabbit-like ex-basketball player written when Updike was a Harvard senior, to "The Full Glass" (2008), the author's "toast to the visible world, his own impending disappearance from it be damned." Based on new archival research, each story is presented in its final definitive form and in order of composition, established here for the first time. This unprecedented collection of American masterpieces is not just the publishing event of the season, it is a national literary treasure.
LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
About the Author
Christopher Carduff is the editor of John Updike's posthumous collections Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism (2011) and Always Looking: Essays on Art (2012), and has been a consulting editor for The Library of America since 2006. He lives in Melrose, Massachusetts.
Book Information
ISBN 9781598532500
Author John Updike
Format Hardback
Page Count 1949
Imprint The Library of America
Publisher The Library of America
Weight(grams) 1423g
Dimensions(mm) 217mm * 137mm * 70mm