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The Poorhouse Fair, John Updike's first novel, was written in 1957 and published in January of 1959. For this, its sixth printing, the author has appended an introduction discussing the book's inspiration, its aesthetic sources and models in classics of science fiction, and the way in which its future (projected to be about 1977) compares with the present. The Poorhouse Fair was hailed at the time of its publication as "a rare and beautiful achievement" and "a work of intellectual imagination and great charity." Though its future has degenerated into our present, and Updike's later work is better known, such critics as Henry Bech have hailed this little novel as, still, "surely his masterpiece."

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394410505
ISBN-13
9780394410500
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Poorhouse Fair
Author
John Updike
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Psychological, Visionary & Metaphysical, Literary
Publication Year
1977
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.1 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pz4.U64po8
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
"A first novel of rare precision and real merit . . . a rich poorhouse indeed." --Newsweek "Turning on a narrow plot of ground, it achieves the rarity of bounded, native truth, and comes forth as microcosm." --Commonweal "Brilliant . . . Here is the conflict of real ideas; of real personalities; here is a work of intellectual imagination and great charity. The Poorhouse Fair is a work of art." -- The New York Times Book Review
Copyright Date
1977
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
76-021156
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
19

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