The Afterlife and Other Stories, John Updike
The Afterlife and Other Stories, John Updike
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The Afterlife and Other Stories
Unabridged Selections: The Man Who Became a Soprano, The Afterlife, The Other Side of the Street, Farrell's Caddie, Grandparenting

Author: John Updike

Narrator: John Updike

Abridged: 2 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/12/2009

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories


Synopsis

A fantastic short story collection from critically acclaimed, and bestselling author, John Updike.

About The Author

John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. He is the author of more than fifty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Howells Medal.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hakan

John Updike çağdaş Amerikan edebiyatının ağır toplarından olarak bilinir. Ama ABD’de yakaladığı başarı çizgisini ülkesinin ötesine pek taşıyamamış. Ya da bana öyle geliyor. Türkçe’ye de 5-6 kitabı (belki daha fazladır, emin değilim) çevrilmiş ve bizde de pek yankı yaratmamış anladığım kadarıyla. Bu......more

Goodreads review by BJ Rose

First the positive: John Updike definitely knew how to use words to evoke mental pictures and feelings of all kinds in the reader. The detailed beauty of his words made you see objects and situations in a new light. Now the puzzling: Updike was in his 60's when this book was published, so I assume th......more

Goodreads review by Miglė

One of the kitchens in our office looks like it was designed by someone who had read a lot about humans, but has never seen an actual human in their life – maybe Mary the Human Scientist. It‘s absolutely cold and square and any attempt to make it more cosy just looks out of place. But I actually pre......more