Book #19087

Brazil - 1st Edition/1st Printing

John Updike
Book #19087 Brazil - 1st Edition/1st Printing. John Updike.

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
ISBN: 0679430717

First Trade edition/first printing, predeced only by a privately published Franklin Library edition in about Fine condition in alike dustjacket. De Bellis/Broomfield 150b.

Updike's story of Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen from the Rio slums, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her powerful father who meet on the Copacabana Beach. Convinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apart, they flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west ; 8vo; [viii], 260, [4] pages.

Price: $50.00

Author Bio

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.