RABBIT AT REST
by Updike, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394588150
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588155
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Knopf, NY (1990). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in near fine purple and black striped dj. First Edition. unmarked and the binding is tight. Updike's fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to become a working girl. Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live. 512 pp.
Synopsis
Rabbit at Rest is a 1990 novel by John Updike. It is the fourth and final novel in a series beginning with Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, and Rabbit is Rich. There is also a related 2001 novella, Rabbit Remembered. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1991, the second "Rabbit" novel to garner the award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66068
- Title
- RABBIT AT REST
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394588150
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588155
- Publisher
- Knopf, NY (1990)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1990-09-26
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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