Due Considerations Essays and Criticism |
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Author:
| Updike, John |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-103311-2 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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This collection of John Updike's non-fiction writings includes a delightful preface, 'Everything Considered', in which he tells of his lifelong love affair with words; essays on travel, and on faith; introductions to some of the classics; reviews of lesser known foreign writers and new books by English and American contemporaries; as well as non-fiction topics from the sinking of the Lusitania to Coco Chanel's 'unsinkable career'; tributes to legendary New Yorkerfigures, and...
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This collection of John Updike's non-fiction writings includes a delightful preface, 'Everything Considered', in which he tells of his lifelong love affair with words; essays on travel, and on faith; introductions to some of the classics; reviews of lesser known foreign writers and new books by English and American contemporaries; as well as non-fiction topics from the sinking of the Lusitania to Coco Chanel's 'unsinkable career'; tributes to legendary New Yorkerfigures, and much more.
A cruise through the cultural waters of the past decade with as delightful, witty, sensitive and articulate a guide as you could hope for, Due Considerationsis a voyage not to be missed.