Isbn: 9780449243602 - Problems and Other Stories (11 results)

Condition: Very Good. In this midcareer collection of twenty-three short stories, John Updike tackles such problems as separation, divorce, and remarriage, parents and children, guns and prostitution, leprosy, swooning, suffocation, and guilt. His self-seeking heroes tend to be forty; his heroines are asleep, seductive, longing, or reproachful. None of these characters is innocent, and all are looking vainly for the road back to an imagined Paradise. Pain and comedy closely coexist in this mainly domestic world of the 1970s, where life is indistinguishable from a television commercial (but what is it advertising?) and every morning's paper brings news of lost Atlantises.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condition: Very Good. In this midcareer collection of twenty-three short stories, John Updike tackles such problems as separation, divorce, and remarriage, parents and children, guns and prostitution, leprosy, swooning, suffocation, and guilt. His self-seeking heroes tend to be forty; his heroines are asleep, seductive, longing, or reproachful. None of these characters is innocent, and all are looking vainly for the road back to an imagined Paradise. Pain and comedy closely coexist in this mainly domestic world of the 1970s, where life is indistinguishable from a television commercial (but what is it advertising?) and every morning's paper brings news of lost Atlantises.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Fawcett Crest Printing: January 1981. 285 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. Spine slightly damaged near top. Slightly creased front cover. Slightly skewed spine.

Softcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. First Edition. 1st Print, Fawcett. 1981. Clean, unmarked interior text, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Softcover book is clean and bright, shows a bit of edge, corner, shelf wear. No rips, chips, stains or tears. Binding is solid. Photos are of actual book you will receive. First edition, first printing, paperback, English, Full Print Line Displayed. Problems and Other Stories. John Updike. Ships quickly and with care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Problems and Other Stories by John Updike Originally published in 1979, this collection of short fiction consists of approximately 260 pages. This volume represents a significant milestone in the author's career, compiling twenty-three stories written primarily for The New Yorker during the 1970s. The collection explores the domestic fallout of the sexual revolution, the rise of no-fault divorce, and the quiet crises of middle-class suburban lives. The narratives focus on themes of marital dissolution, the psychological adjustments of joint custody, aging, and the loss of traditional religious certainties. Several stories follow Richard and Joan Maple, the recurring characters whose long-term marital collapse is a central structural thread in the author's shorter fiction. Updike's prose is highly regarded for its clinical precision and lyrical density, utilizing mundane domestic interactions to analyze the moral and spiritual ambiguities of mid-life transitions.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 285 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light edge wear on covers.

Paperback. Condition: Good.