Higher gossip : essays and criticism
By: Updike, John.
Contributor(s): Carduff, Christopher (ed.).
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BookPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011Description: xxiii, 501 p. : ill., 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307957153 .Subject(s): | American essays; 21st century; American prose literature; 20th centuryDDC classification: 818.5408 Upd/Pro Summary: A collection of the eloquent, insightful, and beautifully written prose works that Updike was compiling when he died in January 2009, this book opens with a self-portrait of the writer in winter--a Prospero who, though he fears his most dazzling performances are behind him, reveals himself in every sentence to be in deep conversation with the sources of his magic.
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Includes index.
"This is a Borzoi Book"--t.p. verso.
A collection of the eloquent, insightful, and beautifully written prose works that Updike was compiling when he died in January 2009, this book opens with a self-portrait of the writer in winter--a Prospero who, though he fears his most dazzling performances are behind him, reveals himself in every sentence to be in deep conversation with the sources of his magic.
