Rabbit, Run
Author(s)
John Updike
John Updike
It's 1959 And Harry 'rabbit' Angstrom, One Time High School Sports Superstar, Is Going Nowhere. At Twenty-six He Is Trapped In A Second-rate Existence - Stuck With A Fragile, Alcoholic Wife, A House Full Of Overflowing Ashtrays And Discarded Glasses, A Young Son And A Futile Job. With No Way To Fix Things, He Resolves To Flee From His Family And His Home In Pennsylvania, Beginning A Thousand-mile Journey That He Hopes Will Free Him From His Mediocre Life. Because, As He Knows Only Too Well, 'after You've Been First-rate At Something, No Matter What, It Kind Of Takes The Kick Out Of Being Second-rate'. Includes An Afterword By The Author.
Keywords
Fiction, Middle class men, Harry Angstrom (Fictitious character), Grief, Literature, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Pennsylvania, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Angstrom, harry (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books
Fiction, Middle class men, Harry Angstrom (Fictitious character), Grief, Literature, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Pennsylvania, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Angstrom, harry (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books
| Name in long format: | Rabbit, Run |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141915145 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780141915142 |
| Book pages: | 288 |
| Book language: | en |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group Uk |
