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Title details for Rabbit, Run by John Updike - Available

Rabbit, Run

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by John Updike
Arthur Morey
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“A lacerating story of loss and of seeking, written in prose that is charged with emotion but is always held under impeccable control.”—Kansas City Star
Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his—or any other—generation. Its hero is Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, a onetime high-school basketball star who on an impulse deserts his wife and son. He is twenty-six years old, a man-child caught in a struggle between instinct and thought, self and society, sexual gratification and family duty—even, in a sense, human hard-heartedness and divine Grace. Though his flight from home traces a zigzag of evasion, he holds to the faith that he is on the right path, an invisible line toward his own salvation as straight as a ruler’s edge.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Harry Rabbit Angstrom

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 23, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415958537
      • File size: 348452 KB
      • Duration: 12:05:56

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 900
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      As we bid a sad farewell to an American master, one of Updike's finest works is released in audio format. Arthur Morey gives a nimble and precise performance as Rabbit, a 20-something mired in a new brand of suburban unhappiness endemic in midcentury America. Lost Rabbit runs from everything--an unhappy marriage, his child, and his unfulfilling job--in search of anything that might give his life meaning. Narrator Morey's voice has the necessary yet subtle mix of apathy, irritability, and masculine na•veté. Updike described his writing as giving "the mundane its beautiful due," and he has succeeded to that end with this book. Morey's performance is a compliment to this canonical work of American literature. L.P. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:900
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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