Couples: A Short Story - 1st Edition/1st Printing

John Updike

A stunning Limited/Numbered edition in Very Fine, SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the limitations page. This copy is numbered 97 of the 250 in this special and only edition. De Bellis/Broomfield A58a1;

This short story has been attacked by some for its frankness and applauded by others as a graphic portrait of love, marriage and adultery in America in the late twentieth century. With this classic, Updike raised the curtain on the subject of sex in suburbia.

Price: $190.00

Book #19623
Couples: A Short Story - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine+
Edition: Limited/Numbered Edition; Signed by Author
Size: 4to; 42, [6] pages
Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Halty Ferguson, 1976.
ISBN: 0912604107

Author Bio

Updike, John

John Updike

John Hoyer Updike (Mar. 18, 1932 - Jan. 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series with Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest receiving the Pulitzer Prize. Updike was widely recognized for his careful craftsmanship and prolific output, having published more than 20 novels and more than a dozen short story collections, as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books.

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