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Higher gossip : essays and criticism

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.Description: xxiii, 501 p. : ill., 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780307957153
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 818.5408 Upd/Pro
Summary: A collection of the eloquent, insightful, and beautifully written prose works that Updike was compiling when he died in January 2009, this book opens with a self-portrait of the writer in winter--a Prospero who, though he fears his most dazzling performances are behind him, reveals himself in every sentence to be in deep conversation with the sources of his magic.
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Includes index.

"This is a Borzoi Book"--t.p. verso.

A collection of the eloquent, insightful, and beautifully written prose works that Updike was compiling when he died in January 2009, this book opens with a self-portrait of the writer in winter--a Prospero who, though he fears his most dazzling performances are behind him, reveals himself in every sentence to be in deep conversation with the sources of his magic.