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Villages eBook

by John Updike
language: english
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, February of 2006 ‧
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Owen Mackenzie's life story abounds with sin and seduction, domesticity and debauchery. His marriage to his college sweetheart is quickly followed by his first betrayal and he embarks upon a series of affairs. His pursuit of happiness, in a succession of small towns from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, brings him to the edge of chaos.

Villages

by John Updike

Property Description
ISBN: 9780141923086
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Release Date: February of 2006
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Tourist Guides and Maps > North America
EAN: 9780141923086
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Updike

John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard University in 1954. He worked at The New Yorker in the 1950s, where he published poems, short stories, essays, and reviews. Updike lived in New England, the setting for most of his books, and in Massachusetts, where he died on January 27, 2009, from lung cancer. He had four children.
He was the author of an extensive body of work, encompassing novels, poetry collections, short stories, essays, and even literary criticism on some of the best contemporary writers.
Updike observed the everyday life around him and frequently led the reader to recognize and question preconceived ideas. From the beginning of his career, existential questions were at the heart of his work.

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