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S. : A Novel by John Updike (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100449912124
ISBN-139780449912126
eBay Product ID (ePID)1077528
Product Key Features
Book TitleS. : a Novel
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicPsychological, Literary, Humorous / General
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn Updike
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.7 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"One of Updike's lightest, funniest, and slyest fictions-a comedy about the sneaky economies of the spirit." -The New Yorker "This comedy of Brahmin manners is . . . a mercilessly funny account of life in a religious commune. Some would say that Sarah's flight to self-discovery is strictly in the best Puritan tradition."- The Washington Post Book World "A spiritual adventure story . . . Updike fully inhabits his imperfect matron. Her voice, which can sweep from the heights of religious fluff to the swamps of bathos in astonishing feats of non sequitur, is a wonderful comic invention."- Newsweek From the Trade Paperback edition., "One of Updike's lightest, funniest, and slyest fictions--a comedy about the sneaky economies of the spirit." --The New Yorker "This comedy of Brahmin manners is . . . a mercilessly funny account of life in a religious commune. Some would say that Sarah's flight to self-discovery is strictly in the best Puritan tradition."-- The Washington Post Book World "A spiritual adventure story . . . Updike fully inhabits his imperfect matron. Her voice, which can sweep from the heights of religious fluff to the swamps of bathos in astonishing feats of non sequitur, is a wonderful comic invention."-- Newsweek, "A Tour De Force." -- The New York Times "One of Updike's lightest, funniest, and sliest fictions -- a comedy about the sneaky economies of the spirit." -- The New Yorker "Entirely satisfying and entertaining with a good half-dozen hilarious twists and surprises at the end for everyone...John Updike has given us with S., his 12th and funniest novel." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Delightful and penetrating...[John Updike] is the chief chronicler of the life and times of the modern American middle class -- and perhaps its most important literary conscience." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Immensely clever...The novel glimmers with the wry intelligence one has come to associate with Updike's vision." -- The Boston Globe, "One of Updike's lightest, funniest, and slyest fictions-a comedy about the sneaky economies of the spirit." -The New Yorker "This comedy of Brahmin manners is . . . a mercilessly funny account of life in a religious commune. Some would say that Sarah's flight to self-discovery is strictly in the best Puritan tradition."- The Washington Post Book World "A spiritual adventure story . . . Updike fully inhabits his imperfect matron. Her voice, which can sweep from the heights of religious fluff to the swamps of bathos in astonishing feats of non sequitur, is a wonderful comic invention."- Newsweek From the Trade Paperback edition., "A Tour De Force." -- The New York Times "One of Updike's lightest, funniest, and sliest fictions -- a comedy about the sneaky economies of the spirit." -- The New Yorker "Entirely satisfying and entertaining with a good half-dozen hilarious twists and surprises at the end for everyone...John Updike has given us with S., his 12th and funniest novel." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Delightful and penetrating...[John Updike] is the chief chronicler of the life and times of the modern American middle class -- and perhaps its most important literary conscience." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Immensely clever...The novel glimmers with the wry intelligence one has come to associate with Updike's vision." -- The Boston Globe From the Trade Paperback edition.
SynopsisS. is the story of Sarah P. Worth, a thoroughly modern spiritual seeker who has become enamored of a Hindu mystic called the Arhat. A native New Englander, she goes west to join his ashram in Arizona, and there struggles alongside fellow sannyasins (pilgrims) in the difficult attempt to subdue ego and achieve moksha (salvation, release from illusion). "S." details her adventures in letters and tapes dispatched to her husband, her daughter, her brother, her dentist, her hairdresser, and her psychiatrist--messages cleverly designed to keep her old world in order while she is creating for herself a new one. This is Hester Prynne's side of the triangle described by Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter; it is also a burlesque of the quest for enlightenment, and an affectionate meditation on American womanhood.
