The Afterlife and Other Stories - 9780449912010
Un libro in lingua di John Updike edito da Random House Inc, 1996
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To the hero of the title story of this collection, all of England has the glow of an afterlife: “A miraculous lacquer lay upon everything, beading each roadside twig . . . each reed of thatch, each tiny daisy trembling in the grass.” All of these stories, each in its own way, partake of this glow, as life beyond middle age is explored and found to have its own exquisite dearness. As death approaches, existence takes on, for some of Updike's aging characters, a translucence, a magical fragility; vivid memory and casual misperception lend the mundane an antic texture, and the backward view, lengthening, acquires a certain grandeur. Here is a world where wonder stubbornly persists, and fresh beginnings almost outnumber losses.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Afterlife and Other Stories
- Lingua: English
- Autore: John Updike
- Editore: Random House Inc
- Collana: Random House Inc (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Agosto '96
- Genere: FICTION
- Dimensioni mm: 215 x 146 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0449912019
- EAN-13: 9780449912010