Villages
(Book)
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 21 cm.
Status
Soledad Branch - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"John Updike's twenty-first novel, a bildungsroman, follows its hero, Owen Mackenzie, from his birth in the semi-rural Pennsylvania town of Willow to his retirement in the rather geriatric community of Hasskells Crossing, Massachusetts. In between these two settlements comes Middle Falls, Connecticut, where Owen, an early computer programmer, founds with a partner, Ed Mervine, the successful firm of E-O Data, which is housed in an old gun factory on the Chunkaunkabaug River. Owen's education (Bildung) is not merely technical but liberal, as the humanity of his three villages, especially that of their female citizens, works to disengage him from his youthful innocence. As a child he early felt an abyss of calamity beneath the sunny surface quotidian, yet also had a dreamlike sense of leading a charmed existence. The women of his life, including his wives, Phyllis and Julia, shed what light they can."--BOOK JACKET.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Updike, J. (2004). Villages . Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Updike, John. 2004. Villages. Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Updike, John. Villages Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Updike, John. Villages Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.
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