Rabbit redux

John Updike

За особеностите на екземпляра

Състояние:: Добро
Забележка:: Забележки по корицата. Следи от времето.
Език:: Английски
Наличност:: 1 бр. - в това състояние и цена в този щанд. Други екземпляри от книгата

За изданието

Издателство:: Penguin Books
Град на издаване:: United Kingdom
Година:: 1973 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 348
Корици:: Меки
Категория:: Чужда проза
Дебелина (мм):: 20

Rabbit Redux resumes the spiritual and social quest of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, finding him ten years older but significantly less running. The peaceful consensus of the Eisenhower era has dissolved into the chaotic mid-summer of 1969, defined by the Apollo moon landing, the counterculture movement, racial riots, and the trauma of the Vietnam War. Now a paunchy, conservative thirty-six-year-old blue-collar worker, Rabbit finds his mundane existence shattered when his wife, Janice, leaves him for another man. Stranded with his teenage son, Rabbit's stagnant suburban life experiences an explosive shift when he reluctantly shelters Jill, an eighteen-year-old upper-class runaway, and Skeeter, a fierce Black Power radical on the lam from the law. Their volatile interactions turn Rabbit’s household into a microcosm of a deeply fractured nation. John Updike masterfully balances precise social observation with dark psychological realism, creating a prophetic chronicle of technology, intimacy, and the erosion of the classic American lifestyle.

Ключови думи: Rabbit Redux, John Updike